Hi Everyone,

Just forwarding information from Mary Heffernan on a Poll Watcher Training opportunity and thought you might want to pass it along to your precinct chairs and election workers. The ZOOM training option may appeal to some folks in your county. The ZOOM session is limited to 99 people. Anyone interested will need to RSVP. -PAT RICHARDS

MJA

SREC SD24 Committeewoman

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From: Mary Heffernan <mpheffernan837@yahoo.com>

Subject: IMPORTANT – POLL WATCHER TRAINING for Sept 1-2022 at 9:30 AM – LIMITED ZOOM OPTION

Dear TFRW / TX Republican Grassroots:

With the November 2022 Election right around the corner, we need YOUR participation and leadership in being the front line volunteers at our polling locations!  Without well trained poll watchers and election workers in place at every single level of the election process, we open up our counties to SERIOUS vulnerabilities.  It is urgent we get a system in place NOW to be ready for the 2024 presidential election! 

  We are offering Poll Watcher training to all our grassroots volunteers and this training addresses four basic objectives in being a poll watcher-

1. Poll Watcher Readiness
2. Locations one can serve including Central Count, Signature Verification Committee, Early Voting Ballot Board and all polling locations during Early Voting and Election Day.
3. Required documents and what to have ready on your assigned day.
4. Escalation Process–Information about Protect the Vote Hotline and Reporting System.

We have completed two In PersonTrainings and have one ZOOM call remaining for you to sign up and attend. This is limited to up to 99 people. PLEASE RSVP in advance of September 1-2022 and we will forward the ZOOM link to you.

Lucy Trainor, RPT Regional Election Integrity Director, will be leading the ZOOM training session.This is timely as Poll Watchers must recertify with the SOS office beginning September 1-2022 for the November election. In addition, Lucy will share additonal trainings available for in person training too.

Remote ZOOM Training CALL for up to 99 people on/MUST RSVP:

09-01-2022 @ 9:30 – 11 AM – via ZOOM Online (using phone,Ipad, or PC)

Please rsvp to mpheffernan837@yahoo.com to join this Poll Watchers ZOOM Training, and the details needed to log into the ZOOM call will be provided to you. 

Please act on this today- help election integrity as a Poll Watcher!

Thank you to NWARW, Lucy Trainor, Josh Goldman, and Linda Durnin, in helping to faciltiate this ZOOM opportunity to grassroots volunteers in TX!

Mary Heffernan

SD14 TFRW District Director/ TFRW AT-Large Board Member

TCRP Precinct Chair

Travis County Election Worker/Judge

GRASSROOTS Volunteer

Hello Llano County Republican Women! 

    As we wrap up our summer break, we are having a few get togethers. We have experienced a good attendance at our other summer functions and gained new members and am looking forward to getting to know you all better.  

Next week we will be having a last summer fling with 2 game days- one to be held be at the new and improved Llano Library meeting room on August 9^th Tuesday at noon to 1:30 and the following week on Thursday the 18^th at the Kingsland library from 6:30-8 pm. 

This has been a difficult year with a not to pleasant beginning, but we have seen growth in areas we never thought possible. I am reminded of the scripture “a house divided cannot stand” so ladies we need to unify and come together for a common goal of not only electing Republican candidates but informing our friends, neighbors, and family about how to make their voice heard thru education, good articles, flash legislation updates, and understanding what bills mean. As an election judge for several years the comments I hear the most are “what does this mean, and I don’t know any of these people.” 

This is our goal to make informed voters in our county. We must garner our talents to be effective in our county. Will you join us in this venture? Even if you only have a limited amount of time just sharing articles or videos can help on Facebook, Trump Social or next door. 

We have an awesome PR person, Jessica Grabert, who will help any of us with any media questions and teach us how to network with each other so we can grow and show this county how we stand together in this fight.  Thank you, Annette Sandoval, for getting us 100 pocket constitutions from Hillsdale College. Who would like to do the same? 

Please consider coming and having a good time and getting to meet fellow fighters for freedom! If we don’t make a difference in Llano who will? 

With gratitude and humility, 

Pat Richards 

President 

From the President 

I am encouraged, excited, and full of enthusiasm!  We have had 2 great summer meetings and have welcomed in several more ladies to our club.  I want to formally welcome: 

Diane Smith 

Paula James 

Jamie Bishop 

Darlene Pillows 

Tracy Gurley 

Susan Peace 

Dena Arnold 

Nan Jones 

Joanne Rimkus 

Shirley Coffman 

Debbie Foster

So very glad to have you on our team! 

Speaking of teams:  

 Paula James is forming a voter registrar team to go all about Llano County signing up voters. She wants 2-3 ladies a month to sign up for training in this area, then she will organize community outreach locations. Please contact her directly at 512-755-2616. 

Diane Smith who does a fantastic job of raising money for our scholarship fund thru bake sales. Her next bake sales are July 29 at Ace Hardware in Kingsland and then again on Saturday, Aug. 6^th, at Buddies Gas Station in Kingsland. She would like for a few ladies to sign up to spell her for a short break during those times.   She is asking that you donate your special, home baked cookies and breads for the many contract workers who just love to get yummy snacks. Call her for more information at 805-266-6462. 

We also have legislative teams forming to keep us informed on what is going on in Austin, Llano County, the Llano School Board, and of course, DC.  If a bill comes up for a vote that needs our attention and phone calls, they are going to let us know via website or outlook. We need to let our politicians know we are watching them and remind them that they work for us and sometimes need to justify their votes.  

The Membership Team needs ladies to work in Llano and Kingsland areas to recruit new ladies to join in this fight to keep Texas Red.  Jeannette Francois is the Membership Chairwoman to contact to sign on to this effort.   You can contact her at 281-798-8289. 

Bottom line- No one person can do it all!  We need each other to be effective as a club. 

We are determined to be a red wall between us and the craziness of Austin!  So, our goal is to educate friends, neighbors, and anyone willing to listen to our Republican platform, using the common sense and logic God endowed us with. 

-Let’s begin the conversation! 

-Come when you can. 

-Meet new members with a common goal. 

-Practice smiling again. 

-Let’s Laugh and have fun while doing our job! 

                                        With my deepest respect, 

                                              Patricia Richards