LWV co-presidents take stand for passage of voting rights bill

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 …

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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 …