LWV ABC in the News - 2025

Mapping Prejudice visits Columbia Heights, League of Women Voters in Anoka County

Elliot Steeves Staff Writer 
Life, May 23, 2025

Mapping Prejudice has made a pair of trips to Anoka County to talk about the effects of racial covenants on housing in the area. One trip to Columbia Heights yielded a session in which attendees learned how to examine property deeds for these covenants, while another session with the League of Women Voters in Anoka, Blaine and Coon Rapids delivered a longer presentation about the history of racialized housing... READ MORE

LWV ABC in the News - 2024

Candidate forums coming

Letter to Editor, Geri Nelson, LWV ABC Voter Services Chair
Press & News, Aug 23, 2024

The League of Women Voters Anoka, Blaine, Coon Rapids (LWV ABC) will be taping candidate forums in September and early October for contested city, county and state elections in Anoka County and Champlin. You can submit questions for candidates online at www.lwvabcmn.com.

Forum moderators will choose questions for candidates from among those submitted by the public.  Forums will be broadcast on local cable TV and available to watch on YouTube and the LWV ABC webpage. 

This is a great opportunity to ask candidates about the issues important to you!

League of Women Voters ABC provides info on new Automatic Voter Registration Law

Letter to Editor, Gretchen Sabel, President LWV ABCLife,  July 12, 2024
The League of Women Voters ABC values our voting laws. Since the Minnesota Legislature has made changes, all citizens need to be informed. The new automatic voter registration law requires proof of citizenship...READ MORE

2024 LWV ABC Public Service Announcements

Anoka County Election Manager Tom Hunt joined Leslie Waterhouse of the League of Women Voters ABC to provide answers to frequently asked voting questions.  The Public Service Announcements aired on QCTV.