The General Election Candidate Voter Guide insert, continuing a 54-year partnership between the League of Women Voters of Laramie and the Laramie Boomerang, will be published on Saturday, October 12. Our thanks to the paper for continuing this valued public
General Election Candidate Forums Ready to View
You see all five of the General Election Candidate forums on the Home Page of this League Website and on the Albany County Public Library website, Home – Albany County Public Library (acplwy.org). The forum schedule: Thursday evenings (7 pm,
SCOTUS opens new session: ghost guns
Until 2022, ghost guns were not regulated. They didn’t have serial numbers, and their sales records were not kept. The ghost guns surged in use, and the federal government changed the rules to deal with ghost guns in the same
Supreme Court Begins a New Session Monday 10/8
Scotus was working Friday. They addressed two matters from Biden’s administration: Declined: proposal to limit methane and toxic pollution. Read more>>> Accepted: resolve dispute over temporary nuclear storage in TX. Read more>>>
Leagues, Libraries, & Informing Voters
On May 7 the ALA and LWV announced a pertnership to engage in the democratic process. The LWV is a nonpartisan civic organization led by volunteers in 750+ local Leagues in every state and DC. The ALA encompasses 9000 libraries
Secretary Gray warns County Clerks about Outside funders
Wisconsin mayor moves ballot drop box to his office
Mid-summer 2024, the Wisconsin courts approved ballot boxes. They also decided that “[local officials] decide whether to use drop boxes.” Read more>>> But which official? In Wausau, just outside Milwaukee, the mayor acted on his opinion that the City Council
The races that will decide control the 2025-26 WY legislature
75% of the WY legislative races are decided. The Freedom Caucus will control the WY House if it wins five more races in the General Election. Rep. Sarah Penn faces the Indigenous candidate Ivan Posey for HD 33. This district
Secretary Gray doubles down on undocumented voting in WY
Claiming that the name of one undocumented person was found and removed from the state voter rolls, Secretary Gray offers that “this example shows the distinct vulnerability to our elections.” Gray supports the federal law called the SAVE Act. It
Memorial Hosp of Carbon Co: ballot issue to become hospital District
2024 will be the third time that Rawlings proposes this ballot measure. Estimates based on 2023 property taxes suggest that the community could exceed the hospital’s operating costs with a 3 mill levy. The example given to understand the impact