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Poll Workers Needed

Posted on February 14, 2018 by lwvlic5_wp

Dear Friends in League, Poll workers, or Precinct Elections Officials, are an essential ingredient in fair and legitimate elections.  Election day is long but you sleep with the satisfaction of having expended your energy well.  Training is required but your … Continue reading →

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Look forward to these coming events – February & March 2018

Posted on February 5, 2018 by lwvlic5_wp

Dear Friends in League, The Membership and Events Committee met recently and is planning a number of things, both social and educational, that we hope you will add to your calendars. Through discussion and learning we build community within the … Continue reading →

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County Auditor – Unopposed Candidate Needs A Challenger

Posted on January 24, 2018 by lwvlic5_wp

Dear Friends in League,  I believe that the person running for County Auditor is unopposed.  Races with only one candidate are not really races, are they?  Let’s have competitive elections!  Anything else is, well, boring.  Could you do this job?  … Continue reading →

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Shaping districts nationwide – Races for governor, state legislature key for redistricting

Posted on January 7, 2018 by lwvlic5_wp

Races for governor, state legislature key for redistricting JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Buoyed by a string of electoral victories during President Donald Trump’s first year in office, Democrats will be waging a renewed battle to wrest control of Congress from … Continue reading →

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Melinda Gates: It’s Time for a New Era for Women

Posted on January 7, 2018 by lwvlic5_wp

 Melinda Gates: It’s Time for a New Era for Women time.com 2 mins read IDEAS Melinda Gates is the co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation You may never know their names. They work beneath the headlines and far … Continue reading →

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The Ohio state legislature is trying to undermine our efforts to end gerrymandering

Posted on January 7, 2018 by lwvlic5_wp

The Ohio state legislature is trying to undermine our efforts to end gerrymandering by putting a watered-down version of redistricting reform on the May ballot. Their proposal will likely leave the legislature in control of drawing the congressional district map. … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court to take up Ohio’s purges of inactive voters

Posted on January 1, 2018 by lwvlic5_wp

Supreme Court to take up Ohio’s purges of inactive voters   www.pbs.org 3 mins read COLUMBUS, Ohio — Joseph Helle was expecting a different sort of reception when he returned home from Army tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and showed … Continue reading →

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Ohio Joins Wave Of States Trying To Erase Gerrymandering

Posted on January 1, 2018 by lwvlic5_wp

Ohio Joins Wave Of States Trying To Erase Gerrymandering radio.wosu.org 6 mins read Election day 2016 in Cincinnati, Ohio. John Minchillo / Associated Press Five years ago, few people in Ohio were paying close attention to the claim that political … Continue reading →

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First Post – Welcome to the world of posting

Posted on November 24, 2017 by lwvlic5_wp

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing! Several posts can be shown in the right column. This is a blog page that we do not have to use. Just type in your … Continue reading →

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