LUNCH WITH THE LEAGUE   Thursday, October 18 11:30 am - 1 pm  at McCollough Branch Library  Election Security Carla Hayden, Vanderburgh County Clerk   Lunch ($12) will be sandwiches, 2 sides, desserts and beverages.   Please make reservations: slezlie@hotmail.com or call Lezlie (812)437-9320

REDISTRICTING RESOURCES Indiana Coalition for Independent Redistricting League of Women Voters of Indiana League of Women Voters, U.S. Common Cause Indiana What the District?! End the Gerrymandering   Earlier this month the Supreme Court ruled that the plaintiffs in Gill v. Whitford  failed to demonstrate standing and sent the case back to the district court to give the plaintiffs a chance to demonstrate that they have suffered “concrete and particularized injuries”. In Benisek v. Lamone, the court also sent the case back to the lower courts without ruling on the merits.     Both decisions mean that voters in Maryland and Wisconsin will once again be forced to participate in an election under an unconstitutional map. However, Leagues continue to gain momentum on redistricting, including in Pennsylvania where the League is working for a plan 'free from partisan hijacking' and in North Carolina where we could see the next big legal battle on gerrymandering.    Check out A Conversation on Redistricting with Ruth Greenwood and Nick Stephanopoulos, originally broadcast live at our National Convention on June 28. Greenwood served on the legal team for the plaintiffs in Gill v. Whitford and Stephanopoulos created the Efficiency Gap Theory, which is the standard the court considered in the Gill v. Whitford case. Both are co-council for the League of Women Voters of North Carolina in the partisan gerrymandering case, LWV v. Rucho.    League of Women Voters of the United States July 1, 2018

FALL 2018 CANDIDATE FORUMS/DEBATES  Tuesday, Sept. 18, 7 pm at Ivy Tech Auditorium Indivisible Forum for state and federal candidates  Thursday, Sept. 20, Noon at McCollough Branch Library Vanderburgh County Prosecutor debate Contact Lezlie Simmons at slezlie@hotmail.com or (812)437-9320 for reservations    Thursday, Sept. 20, 6 pm at the Howell Shelter house Westside Improvement Association Candidates forum Thursday, Sept. 27, 6:30 pm at the C K Newsome Center UNOE Candidate Forum Tuesday, Oct. 16, 7 pm at Ivy Tech Auditorium Indivisible forum for county and local candidates Monday, Oct. 22, 7 pm Live debates on WNIN Candidates for Vanderburgh County Prosecutor, House District 76, and a Vanderburgh County Board of Commissioners seat

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