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Voter Registration table at car show

PDF icon About the Bozeman League 

The Bozeman League of Women Voters works to encourage active and informed participation in government. The Bozeman League conducts candidate forums for local Montana Legislative seats, Gallatin County elected offices, Bozeman and Belgrade City Commission positions, and Bozeman and Belgrade school trustee positions.  We also produce a Voter Guide online at VOTE411 for Gallatin and Park County elections.

Our Voter Registration Committee provides New Voter Bags to high school seniors at Bozeman, Gallatin, Belgrade, Three Forks, Lone Peak and Browning High Schools.  The New Voter Bags contain snacks and voter registration forms.  This project is very popular with teachers and students and many students complete the registration forms.  We also do Voter Registration at naturalization ceremonies in Butte and at public events around Bozeman and Belgrade.

The Bozeman League has an active Observer Corps.  Members attend and observe Gallatin County Commission meetings, Bozeman City Commission meetings and Bozeman School Board meetings.  Members then write articles about the meetings for the monthly Voter.

Aside from "election work" we look at and advocate for issues that members have studied and agreed upon. Many of our issues are the basis for fair and democratic government practices. The Bozeman positions on issues is here: PDF icon bozeman_positions.pdf

Click this link to see a History of the Bozeman League:  Brief History of Bozeman League

The Bozeman By-Laws are here:PDF icon 2025_bozeman_by-laws.pdf

Bozeman Board Members:

President: Jane Arntzen Schumacher
First Vice-President:  Gerrie Beck
Second Vice-President: Linda Gabel
Secretary: Suzanne McKiernan
Treasurer: Priscilla Dysart
Membership: Linda Gabel
Board Members:
    Pat Purvis, Noelle Orloff, Anne Christensen, Yvonne Rudman, Rosanne Nash, Red Audiss,
    Jan Benham, Faye Boom, Judy Mathre, Jan Young, Marilyn Tapia, Sally Maison

 

LWV Bozeman Meetings

The Bozeman League meets at 11:45 am on the second and fourth Monday of each month from September through May at Pilgrim Congregational Church, 2118 South Third Ave. Programs are typically on local, state or national topics of concern to League members.  Recent programs have addressed changes in election laws, the constitutional right to privacy in Montana, and the need for inpatient mental health care services in Bozeman.

 

  • Saturday October 18, No Kings RallyNo Kings RallyNOVEMBER  2025      

  • Monday, November 10- a presentation by Susan Dana on "The Emergency (Shadow) Docket" of the U.S. Supreme Court.  Susan holds her JD from Stanford Law School and is now retired from MSU, where she served as a professor, an Associate Dean, and an Interim Dean in the Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship. 

     

                                                                                                                                                

  

Fall 2025 Municipal Elections

Candidate Forums 

Wednesday October 8: 6:30-8 pm - Meet the Candidates for Bozeman City Commissioner. Six candidates are vying for two seats on the Commission. These will be four-year terms. The City Commission is a non-partisan elected office, no political party affiliations are required. The candidates are: Eli Anselmi, Roger Blank, Emma Bode, Trevor Nameniuk, Emily Talago, and Alison Sweeney.

This forum will feature one session of the six candidates answering questions in a 75-minute program.  

Thursday, October 9: 6:30-8 pm - Meet the Candidates for Bozeman City Mayor. Three candidates are competing to be elected Mayor. The elected person will serve two years as Deputy Mayor and then take office as Mayor for the final two years of their term. The candidates are: Douglas Fisher, John Meyer and Brendan O'Connor. The first session of the evening will feature the three candidates in a 45 minute program. 

The second half of the evening will be a Ballot Initiative Forum: WARD: Water Adequacy for Residential Development. The WARD people who created the Ballot Initiative will present the background, process and goals of the program. Representative from SWIMBIA will present an opposing viewpoint. The audience is encouraged to bring questions to the event and read more about the ballot initiative at Bozeman Water Adequacy Ballot Initiative.

These forums are sponsored by LWV Bozeman and Bozeman Public Library.  The forums are being held in the Community Room at the Bozeman Public Library.

 

 


Bozeman VOTE411 Voter Guide

 

 Visit the VOTE411.org online voter guide for information about the upcoming November 4 election!

Please note new voting procedures: 

Attention Bozeman Voters. Ensure your ballot is not rejected - list your correct Birth Year on the Return Signature Envelope along with your proper signature and date.
Check if your ballot was accepted or rejected by looking up your ballot status information at MyVoterPageMT.com
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Please join the Bozeman League! 

We meet at Pilgrim Congregational Church, 2118 South 3rd Avenue, Bozeman. Members receive newsletters from LWVUS, LWVMT and LWV of the Bozeman Area.  When you join the Bozeman League, you automatically join the Montana and National League of Women Voters.   

Dues are nominally $75 per person, but you can pay any amount that is $20 or more.  To join online, go our Join the League page.

For more information, contact: Linda Gabel, Membership Director, bozemanlwv [at] gmail.com or P.O. Box 371, Bozeman, MT 59771.

2025 sweetpea

The Bozeman League marched in the Sweet Pea Parade in 2025!