The summer 2024 edition of the League of Women Voters of Nebraska’s quarterly newsletter – the Nebraska Voter – is now available as a PDF at this link on the LWVNE website.

The summer 2024 issue includes stories on the:

• Petition drives to place abortion rights and the repeal of a private school voucher bill on the Nov. 5 election ballot.
• Scholarship established at Iowa State University to honor its alumna Dr. Deborah Turner, the 20^th national president of the League of Women Voters of the United States.
• Re-election of Toni Monette of Omaha as secretary on the LWVUS board.
• Experiences of local League delegates to the LWVUS national convention.  
• Work by Cindy Maxwell-Ostdiek, policy director for the LWV of Greater Omaha.
• Mother-daughter team leading the LWVNE as co-presidents.
• Special session of the Nebraska Legislature to begin July 25.
• League’s online voters’ guide, VOTE411.
• Epiphany Associates report on cutting state spending.
• Petitions to place medical marijuana, paid leave and abortion restrictions on the Nov. 5 election ballot.
• Walking to Fix our Democracy stop in Omaha in June.

The summer issue also includes reports by the co-presidents and action vice president on their experiences as LWVNE delegates to the LWVUS national convention and reports by the LWVNE treasurer, government co-director, director of voter services, co-chair of the DEIJA Committee, and presidents of the LWV of Greater Omaha and LWV of Lincoln-Lancaster County.

An “In this issue” directory is included on page 1 so that readers can turn to the stories and reports in which they are most interested as the peruse the newsletter.

We hope you enjoy the latest issue of the Nebraska Voter.

Dianne Bystrom, editor

Charlyne Berens, associate editor