June-July 2026 Voter

Editor's Note: The Voter is now only in this online format. It is printable, clickable and will be available at LWVCDC.ORG

Get Out the Vote Postcard Writing on Aug. 8, LWV National Day of Action

The League of Women Voters of the United States has declared Aug. 8 a national day of action to organize civic events to mark the anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, which was signed into law on Aug. 6, 1965.

To mark the anniversary, LWV of Central Delaware County is holding a postcard writing event from 2 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 8, at the Media Fellowship House, 302 S. Jackson St., Media. This event is part of the LWVUS Unite and Rise 8.8 campaign to defend our democracy in crisis.

LWVCDC will have 500 postcards and stamps on hand that we will write and address to registered voters who tend to vote only occasionally or only in presidential elections, to urge them to vote this November on what may be one of the most important midterm elections of our lifetime. The League does not tell people how to vote but urges them to exercise the most important right they possess in a democracy.

Anyone interested in participating in this important event may sign up HERE.

Youth Voter Initiative a Huge Success

LWVCDC Member and Media Branch NAACP President Cynthia Jetter addresses graduating seniors at Penn Wood High School while giving out voter registration envelopes.

Volunteers stuffing some of the more than 5,700 envelopes with voter registration forms and other information for delivery to graduating seniors at public high schools in Delaware County.

By Anne Mosakowski

The Delco Youth Voter Initiative Coalition provided an opportunity for all 2026 graduates of Delaware County public high schools to register to vote.

To carry out this huge undertaking, LWV members, along with community and coalition partners, prepared envelopes with personalized high school flyers, PA DOS registration forms and applications for mail in-ballots as well as resources for on-line registration, and election resources. The envelopes were distributed to 5,700 high school students during graduation rehearsal or related events of each high school, as attendance is mandated. Above are some of those envelopes ready to be delivered to area high schools.

Here is a video made by Upper Darby High School that explains the importance of registering and voting. Click HERE.

The personalized voter information flyers for each high school featured their school mascot and PA Youth Vote QR Codes to track registrations. Priority was made to use the QR Code on the flyer to register online rather than complete the paper forms. Envelopes addressed to the Delaware County Bureau of Elections including all forms and directions were provided to all.

LWVCDC President Anne Mosakowski and Treasurer Rosemary Hughes at the Media Pride Parade, June 6

Annual Meeting: Taking Care of Business

Nominating Committee Report: Joan Hazbun, chair of the Nominating Committee, proposed the following red marked candidates for officers of the Central Delaware County League to be elected at this meeting:

Executive Officers: (In Accordance with LWVCDC Bylaws, a Vote of Membership is Needed)

President (2026-2028): Anne Mosakowski

1st Vice-President (2025-2027): Cathy Yungmann

2nd Vice President (2026-2028): Jodine Mayberry

Treasurer (2025-2027): Rosemary Hughes
Secretary (2026-2028): Rosemary Kesling

See entire slate of officers and board HERE.

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Adoption of 2026 Fiscal Year Budget

The budget looks a lot smaller than in previous years for Fiscal Year 2027 because it is the first full year using the new LWVUS membership system. In prior years, CDC collected the total amount of membership dues, then paid the National, State, and County the Per Member Payments (PMP) a year after the close of the FY in which the dues payments were collected. This made the total budget seem much larger in past years due to carryover of revenue due to LWVUS, PALWV and Delaware County ILO.

To see the Budget and treasurer's narrative, click HERE .

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Adoption of Local Program

The local program is a set of goals for 2026-2027 to carry out our work on the positions of the state and national LWV as they relate to our local League. The goal is to develop committees to address and work on local program initiatives with the intent to become more active and involved in all the communities we serve. Our work is guided by the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) policy of the LWVUS using our DEI Lens.

Changes and additions to last year's local program are in purple type. For the full local program, click HERE.

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Adoption of Bylaw Changes

Our Bylaws define how the organization functions, including officer roles, voting procedures, and director elections, etc. From time to time, bylaws need to be updated and involve a structured process of reviewing, proposing changes, and voting, to maintain legal compliance, adapt to organizational growth, and reflect current operational practices. For 2026 our Bylaws Committee and our Board of Directors proposed three changes to our current bylaws. Two changes are under ARTICLE IV Officers and one change is under Purposes & Policy (ARTICLE II, Section 1).

To see the Bylaw changes, click HERE.

Here are links to the meeting booklet and slides relating to the annual meeting:

Our LWV CDC 2026 Annual Meeting Booklet - (flipbook version) CLICK HERE

Presentation Slides CLICK HERE (Click to advance)

We Made the local News

for USPS Rule Campaign

Our national campaign to drum up comments opposing a proposed USPS rule that would require local election bureaus to submit lists of mail-in ballot applicants to the Postal Service generated interest from The Spirit newspaper. The article with extensive quotes from LWVCDC Legislative Advocate Jodine Mayberry is HERE.

There was a later development after this article appeared in print that appears to have blocked the proposed rule before it could become final July 2. A federal judge in Washington, D.C., held the rule unenforceable because it is in violation of a 2021 court-approved settlement agreement between the USPS and the NAACP that requires timely delivery of all mail-in ballots in federal general elections. It thus bars the Postal Service from being able to decide which voters are eligible to receive ballots and which aren't.

PA Women History Presentation: The Justice Bell

An in-person author presentation titled Highlighting Pennsylvania Women During America’s 250th Anniversary Celebrations is scheduled for Wednesday July 8, at 6:30 PM, at the Radnor Memorial Public Library, 114 West Wayne Ave., Wayne PA 19087.

The presentation will feature Amanda Owen, author of the book, The Justice Bell: Tracing the Journey of a Forgotten Symbol, which provides the first in-depth documentation of the Justice Bell’s creation, its historic 1915 tour, years of obscurity, and its rediscovery a century later.

In 1915, 25 women drove the Justice Bell, a replica of the Liberty Bell, to all 67 counties of Pennsylvania to drum up support for a women's suffrage bill in the state legislature. That effort failed but ultimately led to the adoption of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote.

The program is free and the book will be available for purchase.

Taking Care of Business II:

LWV National Convention

No sooner were we done with the annual meeting when three of us were off to Columbus, Ohio (and two remote delegates to their couches) for the LWVUS National Convention, June 26-28. Those at the convention site reported the food was good (and nutritious), the breakout sessions were excellent and the mingling among the delegates exhilarating. Having to sit in rows of chairs rather than at tables, not so much.

You can read Anne Mosakowski's and Cathy Yungmann's comprehensive report on the convention HERE (and it is worth the read).

The highlight of the conference was when the delegates voted overwhelmingly for a concurrence offered by the State of Washington LWV demanding that immigrants, regardless of their status, be treated with dignity and due process. The League generally votes to accept or reject state concurrences when no lengthy national study of an issue is needed.

The only major kerfuffle (there's always one) occurred on Saturday when a concurrence on religious freedom offered by Colorado LWV, but not recommended by the national board, was brought to the floor. It was ruled as defeated because it didn't get a two-thirds vote of all the registered delegates, whether or not they were in the room or on the Zoom. The delegates voted to change the threshold to two-thirds of those voting and then voted on it again. That time, it passed, just barely, with 66.7% of the vote. Leaguers always get it done!

Of all the resolutions adopted, the one that got the biggest applause/ovation was "holding Congress accountable and confirming a constitutional crisis." We hope that voters will hold them accountable in November too. Below is the Convention Logo: raised fists reminiscent of the determination of our suffragist foremothers more than 100 years ago.