MEDIA INTERVIEWS/
Below is a listing of media interviews by LWVNE officers and directors and articles by or about the League.
2023 Media Interviews Interviews/ League in the News
- Committee hears legislation aimed at Nebraska’s election process. Fox 42, March 22, 2023 (Joanna Lindberg, Co-Director Government)
- States Push for New Voting Laws with an Eye Toward 2024. New York Times, January 20, 2023 (MaryLee Moulton, President)
- Senators hear changes to secret ballot, voting procedure rules during marathon hearing. Lincoln Journal Star, January 12, 2023 (Rachel Gibson, V.P. Action)
2022 Media Interviews Interviews/ League in the News
- Local View: Nebraskans Need to Know, December 22, 2022 (Sherry Miller)
- Public Pulse: Initiative 432 vaguely written. Omaha World Herald, November 1, 2022 (Linda Duckworth, Cynde Glismann & MaryLee Moulton)
- League of Women voter’s guides available, North Platte Telegraph, October 11, 2022, (Walta Sue Dodd, Claudia Stevenson, Cynde Glismann)
Omaha voters discuss merits of voter ID ballot initiative measure Tuesday, KETV, October 11, 2022 (MaryLee Moulton)
Voters in limbo: Who’s in 1st? What’s in 2nd? And, 3rd, I don’t know which House member to call, Nebraska Examiner, August 1, 2022 (MaryLee Moulton)
November Election to Determine State, Local Races in Redrawn Nebraska Districts, KMALand.com, July 24, 2022 (Rachel Gibson, VP of Action) Original story Public News Service.
Critics say Nebraska voter ID petition is an attempt to ‘maintain power,’ Nebraska News 8 (ABC), May 5, 2022 (MaryLee Moulton).
Commentary: League works to overcome barriers in collecting information for nonpartisan voters’ guide, Nebraska Examiner, March 28, 2022 (Walta Sue Dodd & Claudia Stevenson)
2021 Media Interviews Interviews/ League in the News
• Midlands Voices: Gender equality, indigenous peoples’ input must be part of climate action, Omaha World Herald, November 27, 2021 (by Toni Monette).
League of Women Voters works to keep Nebraskans informed, KWOW, NBC 6, September 24, 2021 (Interview with MaryLee Moulton & Linda Duckworth)
The League of Women Voters hold rally to bring awareness to the redistricting process, KPTM, Fox 42, September 18, 2021 (Interview of Carol Dennison).
League of Women Voters of Nebraska seek fairness in legislative redistricting, KLKN, ABC8, September 18, 2021 (Interview of Rachel Gibson & MaryLee Moulton),
League of Women Voters of Nebraska hold redistricting rallies, WOW, NBC-6, September 18, 2021 (Interview with Carol Dennison).
- Midlands Voices: Legislature should adopt these key redistricting improvements by MaryLee Moulton & Toni Monette, Omaha World Herald, September 14, 20
- League of Women Voters of Nebraska elects first Black co-president in 101-year history, Lincoln Journal Star, May 24, 2021.
- Midland Voices: Nebraska lawmakers should reject this radical resolution, by co-directors Sheri St. Clair & Rachel Gibson,
Omaha World Herald, May 5, 2021
Midlands Voices: Use these best practices to reduce Nebraska’s prison overcrowding, by co-Presidents Linda Duckworth & Dianne Bystrom, Omaha World Herald, March 28, 2021
2020 Media Interviews/League in the News
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How Republican women won a record number of seats in Congress, Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 9, 2020.
- LWVNE co-president Dianne Bystrom on the importance of VP-elect Kamala Harris as a role model to young women across the political spectrum: “Kamala Harris breaks several barriers for women, people of color,” 3 News Now, Nov. 8, 2020.
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League of Women Voters providing non-partisan voter information, Hastings Tribune, Oct. 13, 2020.
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Women’s Suffrage Empowered Voters, Defended Democracy: Out Of Grandma’s League, Omaha Magazine, Sept. 1, 2020.
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Local community reacts to death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 3 News Now, Sept. 19, 2020.
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Votes for Women: Nebraska’s Past and Present, 3 News Now, Aug. 20, 2020.
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OBA Public Service Award, The Omaha Daily Record, May 1, 2020.
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League of Women Voters Launch VOTE411.org Guide, News Channel Nebraska, April 15, 2020.
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