BE A VOTER POSTER & VIDEO CONTEST Poster Contest Winners 1st place Kayla Buente and Haley Robertson  2nd place Kalie Lamkin 3rd place Baleigh Montgomery   Video Contest Winners  1st place Sam Valadares and Alex Behme 2nd place Noah Reich, Evey Delong, Am​​ber Brinton and Alivia Reich 3rd place Paola Perez and Elizabeth Dexter 1st Place Video on YouTube 2nd Place Video on YouTube 1st, 2nd & 3rd Place Poster Winners

REDISTRICTING REFORM ACTIVIST TRAINING AUGUST 4 Whether you’re a seasoned veteran or new to the issue of redistricting reform, you’ll benefit from attending the Indiana Coalition for Independent Redistricting (ICIR) workshop on August 4th from 9:30 am- 1 pm at Oaklyn Library.   Julia Vaughn of Common Cause Indiana and Debbie Asberry of the League of Women Voters of Indiana will be leading the workshop.  Lunch will be provided.  RSVP to local League member Meg Connolly at meg.r.connolly@gmail.com  Indiana Redistricting Reform Advocates Disappointed By Supreme Court Rulings Supreme Court Justices: No definitive ruling on partisan districts CONTINUING THE FIGHT FOR FAIR MAPS  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

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