Opinion piece by Co-Presidents Julie Steiger and Jill Smull encourages support of For the People Act (U.S. Senate Bill 1) In office just about one month, League co-presidents Julie Steiger and Jill Smull wasted no time explaining why the League supports the For the People Act (U.S. Senate Bill 1) in an op-ed for the Springfield News-Leader. The guest editorial …
In the news: June 29 map meeting with Community Partnership
Listen to Voter Services chair Joan Gentry talk about our redistricting mapping project in an interview with League member Maggie Castrey on our KSMU radio program Making Democracy Work. Read the Springfield News-Leader’s story on our redistricting mapping program, written by the News-Leader’s new Missouri politics and government reporter Galen Bacharier.
Citizen input needed for redistricting map project
League joins Community Partnership of the Ozarks to sponsor June 29 map meeting Once each decade, maps based on U.S. Census results determine how many people represent us in Washington D.C. and how many Electoral College votes Missouri gets. The census also impacts voting districts for state representative and state senate seats, and how many federal dollars come to our …