Student group produces voter guide to April 4 election

Paws to the Polls, a nonpartisan, student-led  initiative focused on voter participation at Missouri State University, has produced a Springfield voter guide for the April 4 election. The guide includes statements from almost all candidates for the mayoral, city council, and school board races. Each position is prefaced by a job description, i.e. “What does City Council do?” The guide …

Paws to the Polls sponsor featured on KOLR TV

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 …