Grant applications for round five of American Dream @ Your
Library are due November 15, 2016. The $5,000 to $10,000 grants are for public
libraries for adult English Language Learner services.
Thursday, November 10, 2016
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Apply by Nov 4--first draft for application for grant for Adult Volunteer Literacy Programs
Reminder: Send in a draft application by November 4--Final application is due January 31.
If you apply by Friday, November 4, you get 20 extra points and grant writing advice to improve your draft before the January 31 deadline
Announcement
I am pleased to announce that for another year, Volunteers for
Adult Literacy in Florida, (VALF) will be awarding one or more grants for up to
$500 to one of our members. Go
here to get the application. The VALF membership
application is at the end of the application.
VALF uses a two-step process for taking applications.
A draft application is due November 4. The VALF board will review the
draft and provide the applicant feedback on how to improve the application.
Applicants have the chance to rewrite the application with the final
application due January 31. This two-step process allows VALF to provide the
value added service of giving technical assistance to our members on how
to improve the grant. This helps our members improve their grant writing
skills.
The winner of the grant is announced at the VALF Annual meeting
held during the Florida Literacy Coalition (FLC) Conference in spring 2017.
VALF is an all-volunteer organization. Grants are funded by donations from board members and others.
Monday, October 10, 2016
Voter Registration Tips Ahead of October 11 Deadline
Secretary Detzner
Shares Voter Registration Tips Ahead of October 11 Deadline
TALLAHASSEE—
Secretary of State Ken Detzner released the following statement and shared the
following voter registration tips ahead of tomorrow’s voter registration deadline.
Individuals not already registered to vote in the State of Florida must submit
a complete voter registration application by Tuesday, October 11, in order to
participate in the General Election.
Florida
Secretary of State Ken Detzner, said, “There is still time for Floridians to
register to vote for the General Election. Floridians who have been impacted,
or have had to evacuate, during Hurricane Matthew should know they have the
option to fill out and/or submit their voter registration application at any
Supervisor of Elections office or approved voter registration agency, even if
it’s outside their county of residence. Voter registration applications sent by
mail to any Supervisor of Elections office, voter registration agency, or
the Division of Elections in Tallahassee will be accepted for the upcoming
General Election as long as they are postmarked by October 11.
“Voters
who are unsure of their registration status can visit YourVoteFlorida.com and find links to use
the state’s Voter Information
Lookup Tool
or contact their local Supervisor of Elections
office.
Voters can also call the state’s main Voter Assistance Hotline at:
1.866.308.6739.”
Secretary
Detzner is sharing the following tips with Floridians ahead of the upcoming
October 11 deadline to register to vote for the General Election:
·
If
you are unsure of your voter registration status in Florida, check your status
using the state’s Voter Information
Lookup Tool. You can also call your local Supervisor of Elections office or the state’s main
Voter Assistance Hotline at: 1.866.308.6739.
·
Fill
out the Florida Voter Registration Application, which is available in both
English and Spanish (English PDF / Español
PDF), on the
Division of Elections' website. Print, sign and mail, or hand deliver, the
application to a county Supervisor of Elections office, voter registration
agency, or the Florida Division of Elections in Tallahassee. Voter registration
applications sent by mail and post-marked by October 11 will be accepted.
- Apply through any Florida driver's license office or
tax collector's office that issues driver's licenses or Florida
identification cards; any "voter registration agency" (i.e., any
government entity designated by the National Voter Registration Act or
state law who must allow you to apply to register, which includes
libraries); any supervisor of elections office; or at the Division of
Elections in Tallahassee.
·
An
update to a voter’s signature for the General Election must be submitted no
later than the start of the canvassing of vote-by-mail ballots (formerly
absentee ballots*), which may start as early as October 24, 2016. Signatures on
record are used to verify signatures on ballot certificates before counting
provisional and vote-by-mail ballots.
According
to Florida law, (Section 97.055, Florida
Statutes),
the deadline to register to vote (also referred to as “bookclosing”) to
participate in an upcoming election is 29 days before the election. Florida
voters may register to vote or update their registration at any time by
notifying their local Supervisor of Elections. Additional
information is available on YourVoteFlorida.com.
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About
‘Get Ready. Get Set. Vote!’
In
2016, the Department of State is leading an effort to help educate voters
through its Get Ready. Get Set. Vote! campaign which provides key
voting-related information and resources in one central location on YourVoteFlorida.com. The webpage will
be updated to communicate key voter registration and voting information
throughout the 2016 election cycle and is also available in a Spanish version.
About
the Division of Elections
The
Florida Department of State’s Division of Elections supports the Secretary of
State, Florida’s Chief Election Officer, in ensuring that Florida has fair and
accurate elections. The Division’s three bureaus; the Bureau of Election
Records, Bureau of Voter Registration Services, and Bureau of Voting Systems
Certification, have several responsibilities in the areas of legal compliance
and elections administration to ensure that Florida’s election laws are
uniformly interpreted and implemented. The Division also assists local
Supervisors of Elections in their duties, and promotes enhanced public
awareness and participation in the electoral process. For more information
about Florida’s elections, visit dos.myflorida.com/elections/.
*Pursuant
to Chapter 2016-37, Laws of Florida, beginning July 1,
2016 the term “Absentee Ballot” has changed to “Vote-by-Mail Ballot” in the
State of Florida.
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Wednesday, September 28, 2016
VALF Grant Opportunity
Hello,
I am pleased to announce that for another year, Volunteers
for Adult Literacy in Florida, (VALF) will be awarding one or more grants for
up to $500 to one of our members. Go here
to get the application. The VALF membership application is at the end of the
application.
VALF uses a two-step process for taking applications.
A draft application is due November 4. The VALF board will review the
draft and provide the applicant feedback on how to improve the application.
Applicants have the chance to rewrite the application with the final
application due January 31. This two-step process allows VALF to provide the
value added service of giving technical assistance to our members on how
to improve the grant. This helps our members improve their grant writing
skills.
The winner of the grant is announced at the VALF Annual
meeting held during the Florida Literacy Coalition (FLC) Conference in spring
2017.
VALF is an all-volunteer organization. Grants are funded by donations from board members and others.
Thanks,
VALF Board
Friday, September 23, 2016
Vote by Mail Deadlines
Division of Elections
Announces Vote-by-Mail Ballot Deadlines for General Election
TALLAHASSEE— The Florida Division of
Elections announces the following vote-by-mail (formerly referred to as
absentee*) ballot mailing deadlines for the upcoming General Election to be
held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016:
·
For
absent stateside and overseas uniformed service members and overseas civilians
(also known as UOCAVA voters), the deadline for Supervisors of Elections to
send ballots is Saturday, September 24, 2016.
·
For
all non-UOCAVA voters, the window for Supervisors of Elections to mail ballots
is October 4 - 11, 2016.
Voters
who would like to request a vote-by-mail ballot should contact their county Supervisor of Elections office. A request for a
vote-by-mail ballot to be mailed to a voter must be received by the Supervisor
of Elections before 5 p.m. on Wednesday, November 2, 2016. The last day for
Supervisors of Elections to mail vote-by-mail ballots requested for the General
Election received after the initial deadlines listed above is Friday, November
4, 2016. A voter may pick up a vote-by-mail ballot from the office of their
Supervisor of Elections through the day before the election or, if an emergency
exists, on the day of the election.
The
Division of Elections is providing daily vote-by-mail ballot statistics based
on reports filed by the supervisors of elections. To access these
statistics, click here. For additional
information on 2016 elections dates, vote-by-mail ballots, or how to contact
Supervisors of Elections, please visit dos.myflorida.com/elections/.
Monday, August 15, 2016
Early Voting
It's early voting time in Florida - Fox4now
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Early
voting ahead of Florida's primary election is about to get underway.
Twenty-four counties will open up polling places on Monday for early voting,
including several large counties such as Duval, Hillsborough, Miami-Dade, and
Orange counties. Other counties will start up in the coming week. Voters in
Charlotte and Hendry counties can begin voting Monday, while Lee,
Collier, and Glades counties begin on Saturday.
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