LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS 2020.PDF.DOC

Maricopa County
PROCLAMATION 
Celebrating League of Women Voters 100th Anniversary
WHEREAS, The League of Women Voters was founded in 1920 as a “mighty political 
experiment” by the foremothers of the suffragist movement at the National American 
Woman Suffrage Association, and;
WHEREAS, the League’s goal was to help the 20 million women who were granted the right 
to vote by the 19th Amendment to the Constitution understand and carry out their new 
responsibilities as voters, and;
 
WHEREAS, due to the League’s successful efforts over the last 100 years to uphold its 
mission to empower voters and defend democracy, the League has become a trusted, 
nonpartisan, grassroots organization, and;
WHEREAS, the League has sponsored legislation and fought to protect and strengthen 
voting rights and access, as well as free and fair elections, and;
WHEREAS, the League has consistently been noted for nonpartisan election information, 
sponsorship of candidate forums and their commitment to register, educate and 
mobilize voters, and;
WHEREAS, the League believes that active and engaged citizens, irrespective of gender, 
ethnicity, or political affiliation are the hallmark of democracy;
 
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors 
does hereby proclaim February 14 as League of Women Voters Day, and 
congratulates the League on its 100th Anniversary.
DATED this ___ Day of ___________, 20__. 
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Clint Hickman, Chairman, District 4
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Jack Sellers, Supervisor, District 1
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Steve Chucri, Supervisor, District 2
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Bill Gates, Supervisor, District 3
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ATTEST:
Steve Gallardo, Supervisor, District 5
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Fran McCarroll, Clerk of the Board