League of Women Voters Are Unhappy - Winco Foods Seeks A Frivolous Lawsuit & TRO

Apr 19, 2024 1:46 am

From Safeway to Winco Foods: The Targeting of the Restore Election Confidence Initiative

As some of you may know, Winco Foods served me on April 10 and is seeking to sue in order to shut down petition gathering at all their locations and to claim damages. The problem is, I've never encouraged volunteers to gather at Winco locations. I've sent out several communications to volunteers, advising them to steer clear of Winco but to collect at other grocery stores like Safeway, Fred Meyer, Walmart, Rosauers, etc.

Yet, here I am, having to divert hours and hours to respond, prepare, and will be attending a hearing on Friday, April 19th, to fight the Temporary Restraining Order motion.

So far, we've had legal elites breaking the law to stop us, administrative elites working to change the law to stop us from future attempts, and now corporate elites threatening and bullying us with cease and desist orders and lawsuits.

No matter the outcome, this has been quite eye-opening, hasn't it?

I'll keep you posted on the hearing results.

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League of Women Voters Are Not Happy, Looking To Rewrite History

When the REC initiative first launched, The Columbian wrote a story, and the LWV Vice President contributed by, without any serious review or meaningful analysis, declaring they didn't support the REC. They went on to make a very partisan comment that "The League has confidence in our election system and our election administrators here in Clark County, and we believe that election systems should prioritize equal access for voters." Shortly after this statement, I reached out to "The League" and invited them to a discussion, mentioning that I was surprised they would offer such a snap decision without even engaging me. Over a month went by before I finally heard back from the President of the Clark County chapter. We had a very nice conversation but she brought up their concern that, because I mentioned them by name in the "whereas" section, people might think LWV supports the initiative. I told them the statement on the initiative can't be changed but I could be open to making a clarifying statement. This week I received the above letter, and here's my reply that I sent to them. Also, here is my statement that I will post on the REC page:

The League of Women Voters, as an overall organization, has made statements of concern about election vulnerabilities, and the statement in the Restore Election Confidence Initiative is accurate: "Whereas, significant numbers of voters from both political parties and the League of Women Voters have voiced concern over election vulnerabilities." However, any interpretation that the League of Women Voters somehow supports the Restore Election Confidence Initiative is not intended.

Statement for the League of Women Voters of the United States and the League of Women Voters of the District of Columbia

US House Committee on Oversight and Accountability

June 7, 2023

"The League agrees with the statement of the Chairmen when they announced this hearing: “Congress needs to get serious about election integrity and implement a comprehensive plan to restore confidence in America’s electoral process."

https://www.lwv.org/fighting-voter-suppression/statement-joint-hearing-american-confidence-elections

https://www.lwv.org/newsroom/press-releases/2016-presidential-election-was-rigged

https://www.lwv.org/newsroom/press-releases/lwv-statement-shut-down-election-integrity-commission