This week we’re going to spend some time with people who are working on the nuts and bolts of this election. For over 100 years, the League of Women Voters of Houston has been the premier organization for information about elections, candidates, the process of voting, and much more. Their annual voters guide – fresh off the presses for 2024 – is the go to resource for non-partisan information about who candidates are and where they stand on vital issues. Their staff and volunteers work to get people registered and to turn out to vote. That kind of work is a bit more challenging in this day and age, with ever-changing laws and a lot of misinformation being spread. I had the opportunity to talk to Katie Shumway, the Executive Director of the LWVH about their mission and methods, what they can do to help you or someone you know prepare to vote, and what you can do to help them help others like you. Here’s what we talked about:
On Wednesday I will have an interview with Harris County Clerk Teneshia Hudspeth. Next week we’ll be back to candidate interviews. Let me know what you think.
PREVIOUSLY:
Erica Lee Carter, CD18 special election
Sylvester Turner, CD18 general election
Lindsay London, Amarillo Reproductive Freedom Alliance
Plácido Gómez and Dani Hernandez, for the HISD bond
Ruth Kravetz of CVPE, against the HISD bond.
Good informative interview; thank you both. Just an FYI for a registered voter who has had a name change and/or changed residence within the SAME county, the Texas Secretary of State has online functionality for updating your voter record. The cutoff for doing so is imminent: October 7, 2024.
https://www.votetexas.gov/register-to-vote/update-voter-registration.html
Correction: this note is displayed that indicates this is also available to those registered voters who have changed counties.
“NOTE:
If you update your county of residence to a new county, your voter registration in your current county will be cancelled. Your voter registration information will be updated to the corresponding county of your new residential address.”
Katie is FANTASTIC!
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