League of Women Voters of Indiana

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Be a savvy observer. Check out Debate Watching 101 and learn how to get the most out of the candidate debates. How well is Indiana doing in meeting the stated goals of the Healthy Indiana Plan? Find out here! Indiana Check Up Plan Check these three sites for non-partisan information on candidates. Link to Project Vote Smart ( www.vote-smart.org ) Link to Vote411 ( www.vote411.org ) Check here for the accuracy of what is said by major US political players in their TV ads, debates and speeches Click here to view the League's 2008 Presidential Primary Voters' Guide with responses from twelve candidates. Just for fun take the quiz here and see how much you really know about the League - past and present The Indiana Debate Commission has been formed to host three Gubernatorial Debates in 2008. The LWVIN is a founding member of this group. Congratulations and thank you to Deb Lawrence, LWV of Indianapolis, for serving on the Indiana Debate Commission Board of Directors. Click here for details. www.indianadebatecommission.com Consensus? Concurrence? Sometimes the League uses words in ways that are confusing. Check out League Lingo to find out what League members are talking about.	Supreme Court Upholds Indiana ID Voter Law 6-3. To read the justices' opinions and the comments of LWV president's comments link to here and to here Paulette Vandegriff has been the LWVIN voice at the Statehouse for the past two sessions. Read her weekly reports on events of interest to the League during these Legislative sessions. (Link to reports on the Our Positions page.) Local Government Reform Committee Report out December 11th Since July, the Governor's Local Government Reform Committee has been looking at ways to make local government more efficient. Their report "Streamlining Local Government: We've got to stop governing like this" is available online. This longtime League issue may now come to the forefront. Will reforms be in the offing? Check it out! History of the programing process Given the fact that LWVIN is engaged in re-studying some of our state positions, members might be interested in learning the history of the programing process and the adoption of program.