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October 2005 League of Women Voters Arlington, Massachusetts www.lwva.com October 2005 Calendar October 2 to October 25 LWVM Annual Phonothon. Details below. Saturday Civil Liberties Public Dialogue (rescheduled) at Boston Municipal Building, 10/8 10 am to 3 pm Jamaica Plain. The LWVA is a co-sponsor. See page 5 for details. Monday Board Meeting at Carolyn Parsons’ home, 23 Brewster Rd. All members 10/17 7 pm welcome. Saturday LWVM Fall Conference, Burlington Marriott. See pages 8-9 for details. 10/22 9:30 am to 3 pm Registration deadline is October 12. Monday 10/24 3:30 to 5:30 pm United Nations Day program, State House, Boston. See last page for details. Friday Deadline for articles for the November-December Bulletin. Send to Carolyn 10/28 5 pm Parsons, [email protected] . Help the League This Month — Contribute to the Phonothon! When a League member calls you this month, please contribute to the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts. 10% of your contribution goes directly to the LWVA. If you’ve already contributed (before October 7), the LWVA gets 10%, and you won’t be called. Carolyn Parsons: President [email protected] Kim Haase: Bulletin Editor [email protected] Helen Budd: Membership [email protected] Margaret Reiners: Bulletin Mailing [email protected] October 2005 League of Women Voters of Arlington, MA Page 2 President’s Message Hello to all, What a wonderful day it was for Town Day! A number of people registered to vote, signed a petition to have an independent commission created to determine district lines, gathered League literature, or signed up to be on the League’s mailing list. It was a day for greeting old friends and making new ones. The gentleman who keeps my home painted was reminded that he had left something undone. He also signed the petition. Thanks to Joan Martin, Clare and George Gordon, Phyllis Maddox, Judy Petrie, Jean Potter, Lynn Taber, Gwenyth Hooper, Kim Haase, Pat Lieberson, and Meredith Zona for their help in making Town Day run smoothly. (I sincerely hope that I have not forgotten to thank someone.) —Carolyn Parsons LWVA LEADERSHIP 2005—2006 Correction Carolyn Parsons, President 781-646-9309 The member list that was enclosed in the Jean Potter, Organization VP 781-643-5571 Meredith Zona, Organization VP 781-648-2753 September Bulletin contained an incorrect Patricia Muldoon, Action VP 781-648-1019 email address for Lynn Taber. Her email Patricia Lieberson, Local Action VP 781-646-1987 Kathleen Colwell, Treasurer 781-646-4522 address is [email protected]. Elizabeth Thompson, Secretary 781-646-5942 Joan Martin, Voter Service Director 781-646-0752 We apologize for the error. Judy Petrie, Candidates Night 781-643-1753 Angela Olszewski, Finance Director 781-648-8649 Clarice Gordon, Publicity Director 781-648-0004 Katharine Fennelly, Voters’ Guide 781-648-1794 Helen Budd, Membership Director 781-646-2779 Kim Haase, Bulletin Editor 781-643-3429 Margaret Reiners, Bulletin Mailing 781-646-9611 Janice Bakey, Email Coordinator 781-643-4345 Phyllis Maddox, Webmistress 781-646-4362 The BULLETIN is published monthly except during the sum- mer and December by the League of Women Voters of Arlington, PO Box 461, Arlington, MA 02476. October 2005 League of Women Voters of Arlington, MA Page 3 Scenes From Town Day 2005 Photos by Clare Gordon Judy Petrie and Clare Gordon at the League’s Town Day booth on the morning of September 24. League members spent the day registering voters, dis- tributing voter information, and collecting signatures for the Fair Districts initia- tive petition endorsed by the LWVM. The League’s poster on Election Day secrecy sleeves was a highlight of our voter information efforts. Carolyn Parsons and Lynn Taber helped voters find their precincts. October 2005 League of Women Voters of Arlington, MA Page 4 ADS October 2005 League of Women Voters of Arlington, MA Page 5 CIVIL LIBERTIES / HOMELAND SECURITY A LOCAL VOICES PUBLIC DIALOGUE OCTOBER 8 By Patti Muldoon Are you concerned about how to protect our civil liberties while making our community safe? If so, you are invited to speak your mind in a public dialogue on Saturday, October 8. A consor- tium of eastern Massachusetts local League of Women Voter chapters invites the public to a fa- cilitated Local Voices conversation from 10 am to 3 pm at the Boston Municipal Building, Curtis Hall, 20 South Street, Jamaica Plain. John Cohen, Homeland Security Policy Advisor of the Executive Office of Public Safety, and Russell Chernin of the American Civil Liberties Union will present their differing viewpoints. A broad diversity among facilitators and participants is being sought. A free lunch will be pro- vided to all participants who register by Oct. 3. To register, please call Dotty Burstein at (781) 729-7357 or email [email protected]. The League of Women Voters wishes to foster a public dialogue about the balance between civil liberties and homeland security through broad-based community conversations. Ten con- versations have already been held across the country. This priority-setting discussion for the greater Boston area is in anticipation of the Senate debate about the sunset provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act. The local leagues involved include Arlington, Belmont, Boston, Brook- line, Waltham, Watertown, and Winchester. In this post-September 11 world, it is important to understand the possibility for tension be- tween our civil liberties and the security of our nation at the federal and local levels. This con- sortium of Leagues is thrilled to bring this conversation to the eastern Massachusetts region. It is important for our communities to have the opportunity to learn about and discuss these issues and understand the ways in which citizen voices can be heard. People want to talk about civil liberties and homeland security, and Local Voices provides them with an arena for this discus- sion. We invite broad public participation in these forums – diverse voices on this subject need to be heard. We hope to increase citizen understanding of how these issues are handled at the local level, and to encourage members of the public to learn how to interact with local govern- ment in regards to these topics. Through Local Voices , citizens of our community will be help- ing to shape the discussion of this topic both locally and nationally. Curtis Hall is close to the Forest Hill Orange line stop and on the 59 Bus Route and has free parking. For directions, go to http://www.cityofboston.gov/bcyf/search.asp. To learn more about the results of other Local Voices public dialogues across the country, go to www.lwv.org. The LWV mission is to encourage informed participation of citizens in government and to influence public policy. Patti Muldoon, past Co -President of the LWV A, is the chair of the LWVMA Administration of Justice Committee. October 2005 League of Women Voters of Arlington, MA Page 6 ADS October 2005 League of Women Voters of Arlington, MA Page 7 During October and most of November, more than a dozen LWVA volunteers will be helping to gather signatures on behalf of the Fair Districts Initiative Petition. The LWVM is one of many organizations sup- porting this campaign, whose end result we hope will be a constitutional amendment to end gerryman- dering where it started, right here in Massachusetts. What follows is the LWVM position on the proposed amendment. For more information, visit the cam- paign web site at http://www.massfairdistricts.org/. In Support of S 12, the Independent Redistricting Commission Constitutional Amendment Testimony presented to the Joint Committee on Election Laws April 5, 2005 By Cathy Dowd, Redistricting Specialist League of Women Voters of Massachusetts The League of Women Voters of Massachusetts urges you to support the independent redis- tricting commission amendment (S 12). In the early 1970’s the League undertook a major study of redistricting and concluded that Mas- sachusetts should adopt an independent appointed redistricting commission. This has been our consis- tent position since 1973. Citizen participation in government is a key component of the League’s mission. When citizens actively participate in government, better decisions are made, and government is more accountable and transparent. This proposed redistricting reform would include citizens in the redistricting process, while maintaining an oversight component for the Legislature. The League views redistricting reform as critical to achieving proper political representation of our communities and minority groups and to fostering healthy competition in legislative races. During the last seven years, Massachusetts has ranked 49th of the 50 states in terms of electoral competition. In past redistricting efforts, cities and towns have been broken up unnecessarily and minority voting rights have not been respected. The voters have spoken on redistricting reform. On November 2, the non-binding “Fair Districts for Fair Elections” initiative passed in all 15 representative districts where it was on the ballot, with an average of 67% of the vote. The initiative called on state representatives to support an amendment to the Constitution that would create an independent redistricting commission, subject to strict guidelines for public participation, nonpartisanship, retaining the integrity of existing communities, and respecting the voting rights of minorities. We have carefully studied the specifics of this amendment and believe it is well-designed. The proposed system is modeled very closely on those used successfully in Iowa and Arizona. The commis- sion selection process will ensure both that the commission represents the diversity of the state of Mas- sachusetts and that it will have the expertise necessary to do the job. That said, the new system does not put undue power in the hands of the commission. Its actions will be bound by strict, common-sense criteria for drawing districts, such as compactness and maintain- ing the integrity of town boundaries, but the criteria will not allow the consideration of party registration of voters or candidate address, which open the door to gerrymandering.
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