The League of Women Voters..Framingham
Since 2002 or so, voter participation has dropped in local elections. Blame it on voter apathy or a lack of publicity or not enough candidates or your own opinion. But what ever the excuse, we need to change that. We have decided to start a League of Women Voters chapter here in Framingham. Our first meeting will be at the McAuliffe Library on May 21st, from 2 to 3:30 PM. All are welcome.
As of now, there are a bunch of candidates for Mayor, which if they get enough signatures, will force a primary in September. Then the general election in November.
The Framigham Chapter will sponsor debates in a non partisan way in places that can facilitate broader voter participation. We will organize on the 21st.
posted by Jim Pillsbury @ 10:12 AM
9 Comments
9 Comments:
Great news!
Do you have to sign up to attend this meeting or can you jsut show up?
just show up
You need to get this out there so more people know about this
I agree
we have coverage by the MWDN, The Source and anywhere we can post the event.
I'll post on Framlove today and next week
Looking forward to this meeting. We need a respected organization to help up navigate the upcoming elections, and the LWV is well respected and experienced in this process.
They sure are.. the only thing we need to secure is a big enough space to hold candidates and the public.
Can't you do this at Town Hall? that is the people's building after all.
we could.. but there fee for non profits is 750.00 and we don't have that kind of money.
The Library is free.
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