Report by Viv Himmell
LWVO Rep

As we move into the heart of the legislative year, the League’s involvement in Redistricting and Election Reform has grown stronger. We are now “invited to the table”. And this is all because of the relationship the LWVO lobbyists have established with the legislators. One of the most active lobbyists, and possibly the one most often quoted, is Peg Rosenfield, LWVO's Election Specialist. How did Peg come to this position of fame? She taught American History and Government to high school students in Iowa. She dragged her classes off to the firehouse so that they could practice using the voting machines, even though they could not vote until they were 21 years old. She worked in the Ohio Secretary of State’s office doing lots of diverse activities, such as voter education and outreach, registration, and absentee voting. And then she wrote two books for high school government teachers and one for elementary school teachers to use in teaching about the election process.  Since her League experience helped her to get the job in the Secretary of State’s office, she was grateful to return the favor by using her SoS experience to assist the League in the lobbying effort.  She has written three booklets for the Federal Elections Commission and has done national workshops on how to implement the National Voting Rights Act. Peg’s expertise and passion have given her the ability to be a valued and respected League lobbyist in the field of election law and campaign finance reform.  Peg says that her daughter once resignedly sighed, “You’ll probably have a voter registration table at your funeral.”  She smiled and said, “Good idea, see to it.”

Viv

 

 
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