Below you'll find a list of all posts from October, 2021
Fair Maps Missouri is partnering with academic and redistricting experts to sponsor a mapping contest to produce the best possible congressional, state senate, and state house maps for Missouri. Citizen-drawn maps will show that fair, representative maps that reflect our diverse state are possible as Missouri’s Redistricting Commissions undertake the once-every-10-years task of drawing legislative districts in October. All maps …
League board member Suzanne Walker-Pacheco was the featured guest Oct. 13 on KOLR television’s Ozarks Tonight program with Heather Lewis. Walker-Pacheco is faculty coordinator of Paws to the Polls, a nonpartisan initiative focused on voter participation and voter literacy at Missouri State University. She is professor of sociology and anthropology at Missouri State. Paws to the Polls, Walker-Pacheco explains, is …
Springfield and Greene County’s strengths and challenges will be unveiled Oct. 21 with the release of the 10th Community Focus Report. The release will be 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in a virtual event open to the public. Every two years, leaders from area nonprofit organizations and government agencies compile a list of Blue Ribbons (strengths) and Red Flags (challenges) …
Greene County Clerk Shane Schoeller has been appointed to the U.S. Elections Assistance Commission’s Technical Guidelines Development Committee. The federal Elections Assistance Commission chartered this committee in accordance with the Help America Vote Act of 2002. As a member of the Technical Guidelines committee, Schoeller will be part of a 14‐member team that assists the EAC in the development of …