April 2025 Voter

This issue is printable, clickable and will be available at LWVCDC.ORG

The League of Women Voters is in the fight

We are co-sponsoring an April 5 Hands Off Rally at the Courthouse in Media along with several other organizations.

Several League members joined Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon at a press conference in front of the Social Security Administration office in Chester Monday, March 31 (below) to tell Elon Musk's DOGE wrecking crew to keep its hands off Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

A new website, Musk Watch DOGE Tracker, is following his action. You can subscribe for free. Sign up for the April 5 Rally at the courthouse HERE, but you don't have to sign up. Just show up.

LWVUS Nationwide Resistance Training Program — Rise for Freedom

Joins LWVUS every Thursday for its "Rise for Freedom, two-hour training sessions to learn how to resist peacefully but vocally, organize rallies and fight for democracy.

This is a call for everyone interested in learning how to mobilize in this fraught moment. Sign up HERE.

FYI: Every action the League takes is based on its positions — Impact on Issues. This 190-page document is searchable by clicking on the relevant topic in the table of contents.

LWVCDC President's Message

Anne Mosakowski: The presidential executive order on elections is a dangerous attempt to silence American voters

The League of Women Voters of the United States issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump's signed executive order, “Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections,” that threatens Americans’ freedom to vote and tramples states’ constitutional authority to run their own elections.

“Let’s keep it real: this order is not about protecting elections; it is about making it harder for voters — particularly women voters — to participate in them,” said Celina Stewart, Chief Executive Officer of the League of Women Voters of the United States. “This executive order is an assault on our republic and a dangerous attempt to silence American voters. The President continues to overstep his authority and brazenly disregard settled law in this country. To be very clear — the League of Women Voters is prepared to fight back and defend our democracy." Read More

Urgent: The SAVE Act is on the Floor of the House

The SAVE Act, which incorporates many of the voter suppression provisions of President Trump's election executive order is on the House floor. Contact Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon and support her as she will vote against it.

The Villagers of Newtown Square hosted a program presented by LWVDC President Roberta Winters and LWVCDC President Anne Mosakowski about the American Women's suffrage movement. Left to right: Villagers President Marge DeYoung, Member Pat Rappaport, Roberta, Anne, LWV Member and Villagers Member Carol Butler and Villagers Member Dolores Hart.

You're Invited — Come Help

Lobbying: Our Meet and Greet and Lobby Day plans are in the works. We will meet with at least two or three local state legislators in their district offices or by Zoom this month. Sign up HERE. You can register for Lobby Day, May 5, with the state League HERE. If you register, please let Jodine Mayberry — jodinemayberry@comcast.net — know so we can arrange transportation.
Congresswoman Scanlon: We'll have a special League membership meeting with Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon on March 26. Watch your email for details and an invitation.
Voter Services: Our Voter Services Committee is motoring ahead with Voter Information and Registration tables at several events ahead of the May 20 Primary Election. Contact Kathy Knight at kathyknight7@gmail.com if you want to help staff a table. She'll send you available places, dates and times.

We're the 'Election Bureau' for the Chester Housing Authority

Jodine Mayberry, left, and Anne Mosakowski, right, flank Chester Housing Authority Director of Public Affairs Executive Assistant Quineice N. Harris after they counted and certified the ballots for two housing authority communities on March 27.

Two other LWV members, Kathleen Peterson and Peggy Wilson, had supervised the elections for those two communities.

The Chester Housing Authority has come to trust LWVCDC to be fair, disinterested arbiters of their elections.

Budget and Bylaw Changes for Annual Meeting

Our bylaws require us to publish the coming year's budget and any bylaw changes ahead of the LWVCDC Annual Meeting, which will be June 11 this year at the Marple Public Library.

The budget looks very different from past years because it reflects the changes at the national League level on membership and dues collection that began on Feb. 1.

Here is the BUDGET and the BYLAW CHANGES. Please open and look at them and be prepared to vote on them at the annual meeting. If you have any questions please contact Anne Mosakowski at amosakowski@gmail.com.

Video of the Month:Municipal and Local Elections are Important. Here's Why

Gun Safety and Judiciary Meetings

The League of Women Voters of Delaware County met on Gun Safety as a Public Health Issue on on March 22 and reached concurrence to support the LWV of Greater Pittsburgh's resolution to support reducing gun violence through the lens of gun safety as a public health issue. LWV members in Delaware County agreed to adopt this position as our own through concurrence. Read LWVDC President Roberta Winters' report on the meeting HERE. Power Point in her report is HERE.

Also, about 20 LWVCDC and Radnor League and LWVDC members met in person and came to a consensus on the 12 questions posed by LWVUS for its Federal Judiciary Position. Participants either strongly or moderately agreed on all 12 questions with a few comments on a couple of them. The report now goes to the state and then the national League to be compiled into a position statement.

LWV Joins Youth Vote Coalition

The Delco Youth Voter Initiative is a collaboration of nonpartisan organizations working to promote voting and civic engagement among the youth in Delaware County.

The funding for this initiative was given to the League of Women Voters of Central Delaware County from the League of Women Voters Education Fund (LWVEF) for the 2025 Young Voter Registration project to undertake voter registration activities at high schools, community colleges, and/or technical and vocational schools.

The Coalition Partners Include:

● The League of Women Voters (LWV) of Delaware County (LWV of Central Delaware County & the LWV of Radnor Township)

● PA Youth Vote

● NAACP Media Branch

● Delaware County Bureau of Elections

Anne Mosakowski

President, LWV Central Delaware County

PO Box 131,

Wallingford, PA 19086

(610) 566 5474

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