The League of Women Voters of Portland has received a Multnomah Bar Foundation grant to hold candidate and ballot measure forums and provide comprehensive voters’ guides prior to the primary and general elections.
Press release.
Author: Margaret Noel
New LWVUS Position on Money in Politics
LWVUS has adopted a new position on Money in Politics and calls for the Federal Election Commission to be restructured.
See the press release here.
Increasing Voter Turnout: It’s Tougher Than You Think
Stanford Social Innovation Review is running series of articles by election experts on voter turnout. Here is the introductory article The Role of Philanthropy and Nonprofits in Increasing US Voter Turnout
Cleaning Up the Willamette
Constitutional Convention Needs Safeguards
League of Women Voters Announces a New Position
The League of Women Voters today announced a new position calling for safeguards to govern the constitutional convention process of proposing amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Read about it here.