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This story was originally published by EpiCenter Mt. Pleasant.

With election time quickly approaching, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by unfamiliar names on the ballot. The League of Women Voters of the Mt. Pleasant Area provides a solution to this dilemma, offering to help educate and inform residents, encouraging an educated, active participation in government.

This opinion was originally published in the Times Union.

The Times Union Editorial Board wrote this thoughtful opinion on the importance of candidate participation in debates and forums.

This story was originally published in Mother Jones.

“How can you figure out how many people will not vote because they’re too afraid to go to the polls? There’s no way to get that number,” Joan Porte, president of the League of Women Voters of Virginia, told Mother Jones. Port also cited the inability to know with certainty how many people were receiving notifications that their rights had been restored in time for Election Day.

This podcast of Just Politics was originally aired by U.S. Catholic.

In this episode of the podcast, Celina Stewart, chief counsel and senior director of advocacy and litigation with the League of Women Voters of the United States, talks about gerrymandering, restrictive voting laws, and other threats to voting rights.

This story was originally published by Public News Service.

"It's going to take that kind of courage from our political leaders," said Kellar, "but I think it's what their constituents are really looking for from them in a moment like this, is to do that soul searching and take a stand when they need to."

This story was originally published by the Center for Public Integrity.

While restoration of the federal Voting Rights Act languishes in a split Congress, an already deep divide in Americans’ access to voting has widened over the past year.

This story was originally published in the Oxford Observer.

The League of Women Voters of Oxford partnered with the Howe Writing Center to “Take Action for Democracy” on Oct. 25. The first floor space hosted a casual meet and greet with a handful of tables scattered around the room, offering information on registering to vote, understanding the ballot, calling representatives and writing and submitting op-eds.

This story was originally published in WUWM 89.7.

Debra Cronmiller is executive director of the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin. She testified that a gerrymandered legislature is failing to do its work.

This opinion was written by Danielle Allen and originally published in the Washington Post.

But I can tell you that one organization shines through in these results: Seven respondents named the League of Women Voters as the forum for their civic participation. No other organization showed up more than once.

This was originally published by Thurston Talk.

Kneip’s LWV activities include organizing dozens of forums for candidates seeking elected office, working on state debates, assisting with a state board shorelines study, serving on committees and more.