Welcome to the first of a continuing series of short articles from the Bucks County Chapter of the League of Women Voters (LWVBC). The Bucks County Herald, in the interest of public service, has agreed to provide space in the Herald for the local branch of the LWV to share with Bucks County residents important information to assist them in helping to preserve our democracy.
Our citizenry is currently deeply divided on many issues, so the encouragement of voting and the protection of our voting system is especially critical at this time. The intent of these articles is to provide you with the information you need to take appropriate actions and to encourage you to join us. Our democracy will endure only if we citizens are informed and active.
The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan, grass-roots organization of volunteers committed to empowering voters and defending democracy. The league was founded in 1920, the year that the 19th amendment, which gave women the vote, was ratified. Its purpose was to give newly enfranchised women sufficient information to vote with confidence. While it was originally a women’s organization, created by suffragists, it was opened to men in 1974.
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