Midterms Matter with Marjorie Clifton – Virtual Happy Hour

On October 22, our Zoom happy hour featured strategic communicator, and author, nonprofit co-founder Marjorie Clifton.
Her presentation included communications strategies used in March Matters for the 2026 Primaries, those for Midterms Matter, and In Good Company (IGC), the non-profit she co-founded  to develop civic knowledge and engagement in for-profit and non-profit organizations.

View the recording here.

Getting Out the Vote Virtual Happy Hour

Valerie DeBill, the Austin-Area League of Women  Voters' Director of Voter Registration and Turnout, was guest speaker. Getting Out the Vote is a major focus for this fall's election.

Watch the recording here.

Every Vote Counts:
Celebrating the Voting Rights Act of 1965

LWV Hays County held "Every Vote Counts: Celebrating the Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965" at the San Marcos Public Library, August 8, 2026 as part of the League of Women Voters Unite and Rise for Voting Rights to mobilize voters ahead of the midterms. The program included the history of voting rights in America with advances and retreats, until finally the VRA was enacted in 1965. Since 2013, the Supreme Court has considered and issued some rulings that struck down key sections of the VRA. Joyce LeBombard, Vice President of Election Law for the League of Women Voters of Texas discussed the history, impact on civil rights, of the VRA as well as those SCOTUS rulings.

The program continued with Valerie DeBill, Director of Voter Registration and Turnout of the Austin Area LWV (and until recently VP of Voter Services), who spoke on registering, voting, updating voting information when moving, and on voting by mail. 

A video of an address by Luci Baines Johnson on the lessons she learned from her father, President Johnson, as a 17-year-old when the Voting Rights Act was signed into law was the final section of the program.