2026: Your Guide to the Amendments

We will provide a clear explanation of each amendment on the November ballot and what a Yes vote and a No vote actually mean.  

Protect Your Voting Rights: From 1789 to The SAVE Act

Tracing the history of voting rights from the country's founding to the present day, this talk educates the public on how to recognize historic and current efforts to suppress or disenfranchise voters as well as how voting rights legislation has sought to ensure all citizens are empowered to exercise this fundamental right of citizenship. Voters can also learn best practices to protect their right to vote.

Open Primaries: One Person, One Vote

Think the general election decides everything? Think again. General elections get voter’s attention, but primary elections are where most election outcomes are truly decided. This presentation examines how primary election rules in Florida restrict voter participation and voter choice, which voters are left out, and how reforms such as open primaries can expand participation and strengthen representation.

Your Voice. Your Power. Your Vote.

In 1776, only 10% of Americans had the right to vote. Learn the history of expanding voting rights and the important benefits to those who turn out and vote. This presentation walks you through the ways you can register and vote, including registering online, Vote-By-Mail, Early Voting and more. Teen and young adults will greatly benefit from this presentation.
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The Fight for Women's Suffrage

On August 18, 1920, American women won the right to vote after a struggle that dates to the launch of the Woman's Movement in 1848. During those 72 years, untold numbers of women marched, wrote letters, made speeches, and picketed the White House. These activities drew scorn and ridicule, and for some, imprisonment under inhumane conditions. Make no mistake: Gaining suffrage for women was a fight.
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Rank Choice Voting

Ranked Choice Voting allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference rather than having to choose just one. With Ranked Choice Voting no winner is declared until a candidate receives a majority. Learn how Ranked Choice Voting works, where it is used, why supporters believe this method empowers voters as well as the objections raised by detractors.

Cómo Votar | con Confianza en las Elecciones del Condado de Sarasota

How to Vote with Confidence in Sarasota County Elections

Esta presentación ofrece una introducción a las elecciones de 2026 para los votantes hispanohablantes del condado de Sarasota. Los participantes aprenderán los conceptos básicos del registro electoral, las fechas importantes de las elecciones, las primarias cerradas, las elecciones generales y locales, los derechos y responsabilidades de los votantes, y las medidas electorales, como las enmiendas y los referéndums. La presentación también incluye una demostración de herramientas útiles para los votantes, como Vote411.

No se requiere conocimiento previo del sistema electoral de los Estados Unidos.

This presentation introduces Spanish-speaking Sarasota County voters to the 2026 elections. Participants will learn the basics of voter registration, election dates, closed primary elections, general elections, local elections, voting rights and responsibilities, and ballot measures such as amendments and referendums. The presentation also includes a demonstration of helpful resources such as Vote411.

No prior knowledge of U.S. elections is required.

News: Separating Fact from Fiction

If you feel overwhelmed by the number of news sources available . . . if you hear conflicting reports and don't know which to believe . . . if you can no longer believe your eyes because you know digital technology can alter photographs and videos, this presentation will help you learn to separate fact from fiction.
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Why Public Schools Matter

This presentation explains the value of public education relative to private and charter schools, with an understanding of what a community stands to lose when public education is diminished or disappears. Learn about the standards required for public, charter, and private schools in Sarasota County.

Advocacy: Making it Happen

Making It Happen explores the WHAT, WHY, HOW and NEXT STEPS of effectively pushing for change or specific political action regarding the rights, interests or concerns of one’s self or community. In clear language with concrete examples, the presentation moves from describing the need for standing up for important causes to illustrating clear and useful strategies for developing, executing and evaluating an advocacy plan.
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