On Tuesday, Nov. 8, voters will head to the polls. To help Southwest Missouri voters find out where candidates stand, a coalition of community organizations led by the League of Women Voters has organized a series of nonpartisan interviews with candidates in select races. Questions were developed by the candidate forum coalition and were not provided beforehand. Most of those …
Voters: Learn about candidates on Aug. 2 ballot
Nonpartisan radio interviews start July 12 A coalition of community organizations led by the League of Women Voters is again producing a series of nonpartisan interviews with candidates on the Aug. 2 primary election ballot, when voters will narrow the field of candidates for U.S. Congress and Missouri General Assembly. The brief conversations will air at noon on KSMU Ozarks …
Our League marks seven decades!
The League of Women Voters of Southwest Missouri turns 70 this month! On May 3, 1952, an organizational meeting held at the Greene County Courthouse established the League of Women Voters of Springfield, Missouri. A year later, at the statewide convention of the League of Women Voters held in St. Louis, the Springfield League was granted active status. Its 100 …
SPS School Board Candidate Interviews
Which school board candidates will you vote for? If you missed the audio broadcast on Monday, March 21st on KSMU 91.1, you can click on the video link below to watch individual interviews with the five candidates vying for the Springfield Board of Education. Voters will select two candidates from a slate of five. Election Day is Tuesday, April 5, …
Making Democracy Work celebrates 40 Years on KSMU
How it all began “We need help covering topics relating to local government, civic engagement, and public services. Would the League be able to help us with this weekly program?” asked Arlen Diamond, general manager of KSMU, Springfield’s fledgling public radio station, in 1981. So began a now 40-year partnership between the NPR station and the LWV of SWMO. In …
Listen over lunch and learn
Here’s a great way to be informed before going to the polls on Election Day April 6. Tune in to KSMU Ozarks Public Radio (91.1 FM) over the noon hour March 15 to 18. You’ll hear short interviews for candidates for Springfield mayor, Springfield City Council and Springfield Board of Education. If you miss one, you can always find them …