To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment, giving women the right to vote, we undertook a Centennial Project. This project honors seven women, both past and present, who made a difference in Mason County by:
The LWVCA has volunteers to help whether you want to host a forum or have someone speak on election issues and voting.
Speakers' Bureau Request
If your organization has an upcoming event at which you would like a speaker on voting how-to's or on ballot issues or a forum moderator, please fill out this form and you will be contacted about your event.
100 PERCENT PAPER BALLOTS FOR DUPAGE COUNTY – NEW VOTING SYSTEM ON THE WAY FOR 2022 PRIMARY ELECTION
WHEATON, IL – 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. The Clerk’s office selected the Hart InterCivic Verity paper voting solution scheduled to be in place for the 2022 Primary election.
We are looking forward to hosting our inaugural LWVCM Book Club on Tuesday August 31st at 7pm. Isabel Wilkerson's book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents is such a timely and enlightening read.
Women's Equality Day is the anniversary of the day women were granted the right to vote. The amendment to the constitution because law on August 26, 1920. On August 26, 1971, U.S. Representative Bella Abzug introduced the bill that would designate August 26 Women’s Equality Day.
As we’ve been forecasting for most of the past year, the actual map-drawing part of the redistricting is now on our doorstep. The 2020 Census data arrived at state legislatures on Thursday, August 12.
