League of Women Voters: Pros and Cons on the CA Ballot Propositions

A non-partisan presentation on the Pros and Cons on the CA Ballot Propositions will be held by the League of Women Voters on Tuesday, Oct 23 from 7:00-9:00pm at the Fellowship Hall of Orinda Community Church. The church is located at 10 Irwin Way, Orinda.

The Public is invited to attend and have questions answered about the Propositions, the financing behind them and how much has come from outside California to support or oppose certain initiatives. 

The League of Women Voters was founded by Carrie Chapman Catt in 1920 during the convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.

The convention was held just six months before the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, giving women the right to vote after a 72-year struggle.

The League began as a "mighty political experiment" designed to help 20 million women carry out their new responsibilities as voters. It encouraged them to use their new power to participate in shaping public policy.

From the beginning, the League has been an activist, grassroots organization whose leaders believed that citizens should play a critical role in advocacy. It was then, and is now, a nonpartisan organization.

League founders believed that maintaining a nonpartisan stance would protect the fledgling organization from becoming mired in the party politics of the day. However, League members were encouraged to be political themselves, by educating citizens about, and lobbying for, government and social reform legislation.

This holds true today. The League is proud to be nonpartisan, neither supporting nor opposing candidates or political parties at any level of government, but always working on vital issues of concern to members and the public.

The League has a long, rich history, that continues with each passing year.

To learn more about the League of Women Voters visit their website.