Voters Service
Voters Service/Citizen Information activities directed toward encouraging citizens to register and vote, and to participate in government and politics. League provides factual information about voting procedures, candidates, and ballot issues. (When the League has a position on any issue, separate material is published to promote this League's stand. This is done to insure the distinction between League action and Voters Service.) Voters Service activities are directed at all eligible voters in the community and may take the following forms:
- sponsoring candidates' meetings and interviews
- publishing candidate responses to league questionnaires
- registering eligible citizens to vote
- making voting information available to the public
- "get out the vote" campaigns
Contact your local League if your group would like to co-sponsor a candidates' forum with the League.
Citizen Information encompasses all other activities Leagues undertake to help members and the public to utilize government services and to understand and participate in government and politics at all levels. Citizen Information activities identify issues and raise questions so that citizens can think the issues through and reach their own decisions. Such activities are not used to persuade or promote League positions. Some examples of Citizens Information activities are:
- printing publications on government structure and services
- conducting workshops on issues
- having an active observer corps to keep abreast of developments on various boards and commissions
- conducting "how-to" seminars for members and the public
