State House Candidate Forum - February 20, 2024

On Tuesday, February  20, the League of Women Voters-Irving hosted a State House Candidate Forum at Dallas College North Lake, moderated by our member Sharon Barbosa-Crain. Residents came out to hear from candidates on the issues that matter most to them.  A special thanks to the Dallas College students who assisted in filming our forum and to the three candidates that came out to meet with constituents:

- Kate Rumsey - Texas House District 115
- Cassandra Hernandez - Texas House District 115
- Terry Meza - Incumbent running for Texas House District 105

Become an Irving Election Poll Worker 

With the upcoming 2024 general election, Irving needs election poll workers. Poll workers are needed at nine schools, the Irving Fire Station and Arts Center. Dallas County Elections Department states, "Poll workers are essential to ensuring that elections are a success. Every election, thousands of Dallas County Poll Workers become champions of democracy by dedicating themselves to the election process." Below is more information from the Dallas County Elections Department:

Job Duties and Requirements:
- Presiding Judge
- Hire election clerks and coordinate work activities
- Attend training
- Pick up supplies from assigned Regional Site
- Set up of vote center
- Oversee Election Day activities
- Assist voters with exceptions to standard voting procedures
- Complete required paperwork
- Close the vote center
- Return supplies and voted ballots to the assigned regional site

Alternate Judge and Clerk Duties and Requirements:
- Assist the Presiding Judge with setting up the vote center
- Complete voter check-ins
- Assist voters with election equipment
- Assist voters with curbside voting
- Assist the Presiding Judge with closing the vote center



For more information on worker eligibility and poll worker interest form click the button below.

League Members, Community Leaders and Students Visit Jim Crow Reconstruction Exhibit

Recently, LWV Irving members Susan Motley, Debbie Fleck, and Bob Sheaks joined Delia Watley (Irving ISD’s Adult Education and Literacy (AEL) Program), Irving ISD educator Tammy Kyser, members of the Irving/Carrollton-Farmers Branch NAACP chapter, and others for the final week of the Jim Crow Reconstruction exhibit at the Holocaust Museum in Dallas on Dec. 30. The exhibit helped attendees remember that the fight for civil rights has been a long, multi-generational battle, and as earlier generations did, we must continue striving for better. One of the day’s highlights involved hearing from Ms. Ruth Ann Williams, who shared that she and other students were in D.C. in August 1963 and heard Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech.  As we approach the day celebrating Dr. King's birth, let us remember Dr. King’s statement that “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”



City Council Candidate Packets Available for 2024 General Election

Per the City of Irving's website, "Residents who are interested in becoming a candidate for a City Council position can pick up a candidate packet beginning Thursday, Jan. 4 for the May 6, 2024, General Election from the City Secretary’s Office at City Hall, 825 W. Irving Blvd. Packets also will be available on the city’s website at CityofIrving.org/Elections." 

In Loving Memory of Our Beloved Members

The League of Women Voters-Irving would like to express our condolences to the families of three of our members who have recently passed away. Mary Mullins Oberlin passed away on Tuesday, September 12, 2023, Carole Rolnick Shlipak passed away on Monday, December 18, 2023 and Frankie “Fran” Bonilla, passed away on January 5, 2024.