LWV Toledo-Lucas County
Observer Corps

OBSERVERS CORPS

Protecting our right to know is integral to the health of our democracy. Decisions that determine how our schools will be run, at what level community safety programs will be funded, and how land in our towns will be used impact our lives and are vital to our well-being. These kinds of decisions need to be made with public input and oversight. One important way to ensure that is to observe government meetings.

The Observer Corps are League volunteers who attend governmental organization meetings and report their actions to the members.

The observers monitor what decisions are being made and how they are being made. Generally, observers do not act on an issue unless designated to by the League Board of Directors on issues for which the League has a policy position.

Currently,  League members are observers at the Lucas County Board of Elections (BOE).  League members who want to volunteer to be observers at other governmental meetings should contact voterservices@lwvtoledo-lucascounty.org

We need observers at local Boards of Education.

Observers...

• connect citizens with government
  
  
• become acquainted with issues in the community
  
  
• promote open, transparent, and accountable government
  
  
• connect officials with their constituents
  
  
• identify areas where improvement is needed
  
  
• attract like-minded citizens and organizations to issues becoming a force in the community
  

To find more information about the District School Boards in Lucas County including the Board Meeting Schedule

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To find more information about the Lucas County Board of Elections including the Board Meeting Schedule

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