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The LWV/National Institute for Civil Discourse Network hosted Dr. Terry Wu on Tuesday, October 19th for a presentation entitled, “Why the Brain Follows: The Science of Us vs. Them.”

DuPage County Voting Equipment
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Today the DuPage County Board unanimously approved funding for DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek’s request for a new voting system which features 100 percent paper ballots.

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We are saddened to share that one of our long-time (50+ years) member Betty Jean Bradshaw passed away last weekend.
Betty was the recipient of the Marget Hamilton Award in 2014 and was featured on Facebook during Women’s History Month this year.

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On Thursday, May 20, 2021 at our League of Women Voters of Wheaton Annual Meeting on Zoom, Pat Schwarze received our League’s highest honor, The Marget Hamilton Award.

Marget Hamilton Tree Dedication Plaque
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Watch the video of the tree dedication for Marget Hamilton in Adams Park on May 20th.

Civic Awareness-Gerrymandering
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Watch the video of Madeleine Doubek's presentation on "Why We Need to End Gerrymandering, Together", part of the Civic Awareness program.

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Bob Goldborough of the Chicago Tribune gave a talk about our founding member, Marget Hamilton. Watch the video.

Scale of Justice for LWVIL Criminal Justice Position Update
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The League of Women Voters of Wheaton is one of over 40 local Leagues taking part in the update of the League of Women Voters of Illinois' 25-year-old Criminal Justice position. Updating a League position is quite an undertaking which involves coming to consensus on questions which will eventually become position statements.

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Don't expect to know all the results on Election Night.

The results of the 2020 election are still not all in.  States have different methods and timing for counting votes and accepting ballots sent by mail.

Be a Pollworker
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Election Judges Needed for Presidential Election – Tuesday, November 3, 2020. DuPage County Clerk Election Division needs Election Judges including high school juniors and seniors who are not yet eligible to vote.

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