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October 24, 2011: The Korean American Voters’ Council (KAVC), Korean American Association of Fort Lee (KAAFL), and other Korean associations held the “New Jersey General Election Candidate Forum” at the Fort Lee Public Library. Candidates who attended the forum gave various insights for what they will do with the Korean American community. 유언판사(Surrogate) 후보로는, 15년…
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October 19, 2011: Korean American Voters’ Council (KAVC) held a District 37 and Bergen County Candidate Forum press conference at Woori America Bank in Fort Lee, NJ. The forums are created to let voters know the stances of each candidate and ask them any questions or make comments they might have before the…
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On October 19th, 2011, the Korean American Voters’ Council (KAVC) held a civic academy session at AWCA in Teaneck, NJ. About 200 Koreans attended this session. The session was about the upcoming November general elections and urged Korean Americans to participate. This general election is the first election to be held after redistricting of…
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On October 12, the United States Bureau of Census officially reported that Bergen County, NJ must provide services in Korean, pursuant to Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act. This makes Bergen County the fourth county in the United States that must provide Korean services at polling sites. This was made law on October 13,…
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[Picture: KAVC Intern James Lee and Assistant Program Director Nuri Han delivers voter registration forms to Teresa O’Connor of the Bergen County Board of Elections.] Oct 12, 2011 – The Korean American Voters’ Council (KAVC) delivered voter registrations and mail-by-vote applications to Teresa O’Connor of the Bergen County Board of Elections. KAVC collected eighty…
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[KAVC Staff Attorney Chejin Park testified on the behalf of the Korean community.] Korean American Voters’ Council testified on the behalf of Korean American community at the New Jersey Congressional Redistricting Committee’s hearing on October 11, 2011. The commission’s last public hearing was held in Newark, NJ. KAVC called for the redistricting of Northeast New…
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The Korean American Voters’ Council (KAVC) held a voter registration drive in Overpeck Park, New Jersey at the Korean Chuseok Festival from October 8th through the 9th. The festival, hosted by the Korean Produce Association, gathered 100,000 people. KAVC set up a booth to promote voter awareness, register voters, and guide mail-by-vote registrations.
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On October 5, 2011, Korean American Voter’s Council interns campaigned for voter registration and vote by mail at the Ridge field H-mart. Many people showed their interest in Vote by Mail because they did not know about the vote by mail and its’ difference with voter registration. Vote by mail is an easy and comfortable…
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[From left to right] Vote Member Andrew Jung, KAVC president Dong Chan Kim, Olympic Medalist Toby Dawson, and Council General Young Mok Kim On October 1, 2011 the Korean American Voters’ Council (KAVC) participated in the Korean Parade in Manhattan. The Korean American Voters’ Council’s interns, director, and staff participated in the parade. Since the Korean…
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On Wednesday, August 31, 2011 the Korean American Voters’ Council’s (KAVC) interns met with Bergen County Freeholder David Ganz to introduce their “Buy Local, Shop Smart” campaign. [From the top left (clock wise) Steven Kim, Lauren Chung, Albert Kim, Ji-Sung Kim, Jenny Song, JiSoo Park, Chejin Park, Esq. David Ganz Freeholder, Byung Chang Cho Former…