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6A | THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 2020 | COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL Vote from A1 vote. She and other activ- ists succeeded in getting a proposed amendment onto state-wide ballots five times, in 1884, 1900, 1906, 1908 and 1912, when it finally passed. At the age of 79, Duniway became the first Oregon woman to register to vote. Soon after Olcott’s address to the Oregon legislature, Rep. Sylvia Thompson, the only woman in the state’s legislature, proposed a ratification resolution in the House of Represen- tatives and Sen. Robert Farrell, a Republican from Multnomah Coun- ty, proposed a similar resolution in the Oregon Senate. There was little oppo- sition expressed to the ratification, which had not been the case during the earlier attempts to guarantee women the right to vote in national elections. While Thompson was a member of the legisla- ture she was not referred to in print as Rep. Alex- ander but as Mrs. Alex- ander. She was, however, accorded the honor of being the sole sponsor of the bill, as she was the person most closely identified with the legis- lative actions needed to pass the amendment. By Wednesday, Jan. 14, 1920, Oregon’s House Joint Resolution No. 1, which ratified the 19th Amendment to the fed- eral constitution, had been signed and filed with the Oregon Secre- tary of State. The lasting impor- tance of the 1920 rat- ification of the 19th Amendment is an inte- gral part of current vot- ing rights discussions as the House of Represen- tatives passed the Voting Rights Advancement Act last year. The new act seeks to restore many of the rights to vote and the protection of those rights that were lost when the Supreme Court ruled in 2013 that two major sec- tions of the original act were unconstitutional. Those found to be unconstitutional includ- ed Section 5, which re- quires certain states and local governments to obtain federal preclear- ance before implement- ing any changes to their voting laws or practices; and Section 4(b), which contains the coverage formula that determines which jurisdictions are subjected to preclear- ance based on their his- tories of discrimination in voting. Leonora Kent, a di- rector for the Lane Ed- ucation Service District and an instructor at Lane Community College, COURTESY IMAGE Bertha Boyé designed this poster for California’s vote in 1911. believes the struggle to obtain the right to vote has not ended for some Americans but may in- deed be as important now as in the past. “The passage of the 19th Amendment marked the end of a 72- year fight to guarantee women the right to vote. It is important that we celebrate the 100th anni- versary of that momen- tous win, even as many continue to struggle to- day for equal access to the ballot box,” Kent said. “I feel heartened that the Voting Rights Advance- ment Act recently passed in the House. “This bill was creat- ed to restore the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to its full strength.” The Voting Rights Ad- vancement Act of 2019 includes the following requirements and autho- rizations: • Allows a federal court to order states or jurisdictions to be cov- ered for results-based violations, where the ef- fect of a particular voting measure (including vot- er ID laws) is to lead to racial discrimination in voting and to deny cit- izens their right to vote; • Increases transpar- ency by requiring rea- sonable public notice for voting changes; • Allows the attorney general authority to re- quest federal observers be present anywhere in the country where there is a serious threat of ra- cial discrimination in voting; • Revises and tailors the preliminary injunc- tion standard for voting rights actions to recog- nize that there will be cases where there is a need for immediate pre- liminary relief. • Increases accessibil- ity and protections for Native American and Alaska Native voters. One of the early orga- nizations to form in sup- port of the passage of the 19th Amendment was the League of Women Voters. Formed in 1920 in anticipation of the bat- tle to attain the right to vote for all women, the League of Women Vot- ers of Lane County has compiled a list of the im- portant steps along the path to ratification of the 19th Amendment and currently is sponsoring an essay contest in con- junction with the anni- versary and the league’s centennial. The “Women and the Vote” Essay Contest, cosponsored by Word- Crafters, will have cash prizes for high school students in Lane County. The 500-750-word es- say must address some aspect of women and the right to vote. Some po- tential questions the stu- dents could address are: • What is the history of women and the right to vote? • Who were the indi- viduals who led the ef- fort to give women the right to vote and what were their roles? • Why were women of color omitted from the 19th amendment? • How significant are women voters in today’s elections? Prize money will be awarded to writers of es- says judged to be among the top three entries and all submissions are due by March 12, 2020. For more information, see https://lwvlc.org. In addition, the League of Women Voters of Lane County has events planned throughout 2020 honoring the 100th anniversary of the right to vote in Oregon. BUY ONE GET ONE FREE COFFEE (EQUAL OR LOWER VALUE DRINKS ONLY) EVERYONE DESERVES Birthday Party A GREAT CHUCK BOOHER SMILE! 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