ACTION! Tuesday, August 18th. FINAL VOTE FOR EARLY VOTING AT MLK CENTER
Our friends in the League of Women Voters are put out this call to action: Tuesday, August 18th, both the parish and city councils will vote on FINAL ADOPTION OF CO-069-2020 and PO-035-2020 . The agreement will establish an early voting site at the Martin Luther King Center off of W. Willow St. in Lafayette. This is a compromise proposal negotiated by City Councilman Lewis to ensure a fully accessible early voting site for Lafayette Parish. If this passes both councils, Lafayette Parish will have 3 early voting locations available in October for early voting! The League has long advocated for a fully accessible, adequate early voting site for all of Lafayette Parish. See here for background of LWV-Lafayette efforts to push for a large, centrally located early voting site other than the 1010 Lafayette St. Registrar of Voters’ Office. Call and write your councilman! ( map of council districts ) Urge them to vote YES on this item! Tell them you support parish and city efforts t...
