Volunteers are vital to our success. There are plenty of ways to get involved with the League depending on your interest, skills, and availability. Check out the various volunteer teams below.
If you want to get involved or learn more, please fill out our interest form!
Would you like to adopt a town for the League of Women Voters of Maine?
All you need to do is make sure that your adopted town's elections are covered in our online voter guide, Vote411.org. When your town has an annual town meeting or municipal election coming up, you'll send us the information using this form. That's it!
Passionate about defending democracy at the State House in Augusta? We follow the bills before the Legislature and lobby on important issues. Advocacy volunteers help us develop policy positions and strategies, as well as provide public support for policy priorities through testimony and letters to the editor, among other tactics.
Advocacy teams include:
- Money in Politics
- Structural Reform
- Racial Justice
- Voting Rights
- Gun Safety & Reform
Serving as an Election Observer with LWVME’s Election Observation program is an way you can support free and fair elections in your community. The League’s Election Observation program is a nonpartisan program that observes and reports on voting conditions at polling places around the state. We offer training to interested volunteers, who go out and observe elections in their communities to monitor and educate the public on the on-the-ground experience of voting in Maine. The League conducts observation for all statewide elections and for select local elections.
One of our goals here at the League is to increase voter participation and encourage Mainers to get involved in their communities. Local governments make many crucial decisions that impact our everyday lives and future wellbeing.
The League has launched our Guide to Local Government, curricula for high school teachers, and workshops and modules. Next, we're looking for people who can host workshops on the guide in their communities. Are you interested?
Neighbor to Neighbor Voting is a project designed to increase voter engagement and participation by canvassing neighborhoods with low voter participation. This is a volunteer-based project: a neighbor talking to a neighbor. It is non-partisan. We partner with local property owners/managers, community leaders, and non-profit organizations to foster a collaborative process.
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Our education efforts include both civic education programs (for students) and voter education programs. Volunteers play a valuable role by leading League presentations on a variety of topics to help inform and inspire members of the public to take an active role in our democracy.
The League has a dedicated team that advocates for racial justice and equity bills before the legislature. These bills include: addressing prison gerrymandering, recognizing tribal sovereignty, strengthening Wabanaki studies in Maine Schools, amending the state constitution to publish treaty obligations, and others.
We participate in coalitions with stakeholders and follow their guidance to mobilize our members and volunteers in support of these bills.
Voter registration is at the heart of LWVME's work, making sure as many eligible Mainers as possible are ready to take part in the next election. Voter registration efforts include tabling at public events and attending naturalization ceremonies.
The Youth Engagement Partners team supports our work with young people and builds are relationships with local schools to ensure we are reaching youth across the state. Join the team! They meet the second Thursday of each month from 9:00-10:15. A quick preview of some of their work: Writing the Civic Digest newsletter that is sent monthly to Maine educators to share civic engagement opportunities and resources! Organize voter registration drives at local high schools! Create new resources to support high schooler voter education!