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Guest column: League works to educate voters, protect voting rights

Posted at 11:32 am September 1, 2014
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League Matters: Making Democracy Work

The League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge is beginning its 2014-2015 year, and we would like to use this opportunity to talk about the League—who we are and what we do.

The League is a nonpartisan political organization for women and men, but we neither support nor oppose any candidate, party, or political appointee. Our mission is to encourage informed and active participation in the democratic process, increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influence policy making through education and advocacy.

Voting is the most powerful way to make our citizens’ voices heard. And educated and informed voters are the key to making our democracy work. The League works all year, every year, to empower all eligible voters to participate in our political system. We have many voter registration drives each year, and will be joining other local leagues and like-minded organizations in the National Voter Registration Day on September 23. We especially seek to aid those from traditionally underrepresented or underserved communities.

We work to educate voters about candidates in federal, state, and local races each year through our candidate and voter forums. The forums provide straightforward information on candidates and ballot issues, free of any partisan import. We distribute many types of educational materials such as voter guides, elected official directories, information on polling places, and state and local election rules. A voter forum about the constitutional amendments on the November election ballot will be held at Pollard Auditorium on October 7. A series of pre-election candidate forums are planned for September. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Guest Columns, Opinion Tagged With: action, advocacy, campaign finance, candidate forums, candidates, constitutional amendments, electoral system, League of Women Voters, League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge, Mary Ann Reeves, Oak Ridge, Pat Bryan, public policy, vote411.org, voter forums, voter guides, voters, voting rights

Campaign finance laws, U.S. politics to be discussed Tuesday

Posted at 1:15 pm May 4, 2014
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Jon Shefner

Jon Shefner

A University of Tennessee professor will discuss campaign finance laws and U.S. politics during Lunch with the League on Tuesday.

Jon Shefner is professor and head of the Sociology Department at the University of Tennessee. He will be the guest speaker at Lunch with the League at noon Tuesday. The meeting will be held in the Social Hall of the Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church.

“The ties between economic interests and political power are repeated throughout American history,” a press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Community, Education, Front Page News Tagged With: ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council, campaign finance, Jon Shefner, League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge, Lunch with the League, Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church, political sociologist, sociology, U.S. politics, University of Tennessee

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