Welcome to the League of Women Voters of Sharon and Stoughton!

  • The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan grassroots organization working to protect and expand voting rights and ensure everyone is represented in our democracy.

  • We empower voters and defend democracy through advocacy, education, and litigation at the local, state, and national levels.

  • We are a membership organization open to all people who subscribe to its purpose and policies.

  • Women in the Name is a legacy that pays tribute to the veterans of the women's suffrage movement who were our founders over 100 years ago and to the many females who inspire us all to make democracy work.

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Learn more about how students and other young adults can participate in the League

Ways to be involved in the League of Women Voters:

  • Help to register voters
  • Volunteer with your town or city to be a poll worker
  • Advise League members about issues of concern to young adults.
  • Assist League members at candidate forums
  • Assist League members with issue based forums to educate the community.
  • Develop outreach to young adults to encourage them to vote
  • Participate in League advocacy events for issues you care about
  • Promote participation in student-led civics projects at your school
  • Assist in developing smart, creative promotional materials on voting and on LWV

What you can learn from being in the League of Women Voters:

  • How the legislative process works
  • How to advocate for legislation
  • Understand how policy is developed
  • Learn about coalitions as a way to create more support for policy
  • Meet local candidates for public office and existing public office holders.
  • Understand the elements of making democracy work

Presidential Primary Information from Sec of Commonwealth Website

Presidential Primary Information from Sec of Commonwealth Website
The 2024 Massachusetts Presidential Primaries will be held on March 5, 2024. In addition to
candidates for President of the United States, the ballots will also include the party offices of
state committee and ward or town committee.
State Committee (Man and Woman) (https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/elections/getting-on-the-ballot/how-to-run-for state-committee.htm )
Each party’s state committee is allowed to elect one man and one woman from each of the
Commonwealth’s 40 state senate districts. Members of the state committee work to:

  • Promote the aims of the party
  • Work in cooperation with the national party committee and with ward and town
    committees
  • Organize and work for the nomination and election of party candidates
  • Ward or Town Committee (https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/elections/getting-on-the-ballot/how-to-run-ward.htm )
    In Massachusetts, ward and town committees are the building blocks of political parties. In
    towns, party town committees are elected town-wide. In cities, party committees are elected by
    voters in each ward.

Ward and town committees range in size from 3-35 elected members. Their duties include:

 

Sharon Day 2022

Civics Education at Stoughton High School

Civics at Stoughton High SchoolWatch the discussion
Did you know that MA legislature enacted S2631, an Act to promote and enhance civic engagement in MA public schools? The League of Women Voters of MA advocated for the passage of this law through its partnership with the Massachusetts Civic Learning Coalition. This law states that schools are to make available student-led civics projects in Grade 8 and in at least one additional opportunity in Grades 9-12.

To promote this initiative to the community, Stoughton lead Social Studies teacher Jaime Regan worked with the Sharon-Stoughton LWV and Rob Rotella of Stoughton Media Access Corp (SMAC) to produce a half-hour interview with the four teachers utilizing the newly created Lesson Plans.  The show features State Representative Ted Philips, who represents part of Stoughton and all of Sharon, as well.  Questions were created by our LWV with the help of a student member and Sharon Fradkin, moderator of this edition of the Community Forum cable show, asked other questions as they seemed pertinent.  The teachers were impressive and enthusiastic about this curriculum, shared what students had accomplished this year, and shared their plans for next year’s expanded curriculum.  It’s a “must-watch” show for Stoughton residents and is available at lwvss.org (our League’s website) and the Stoughtontv.com Video on Demand and their YouTube channel as well.

Please watch our discussion with Stoughton High School teachers to learn how Stoughton schools are teaching civics and encouraging student civic engagement.

 

 

 

 

Local Women in Politics

Watch the recording of our Women in Politics discussion.

Hear from women who ran and were elected to local office in Sharon and Stoughton, or who ran and were not successful this time around. Learn what it takes to run a local campaign and what it’s like once in office…or not.

Our State Rep Ted Philips, a member of our League, was our Host and Moderator.  Panelists: Debra Roberts, Sandra Groppi, and Tamisha Civil from Stoughton; Emily Smith-Lee, Tanya Lewis, and Rani Naik from Sharon. Our League hopes to encourage more women to run for local office by sharing the experiences of these panelists.

Watch Here

Thinking of running for office? Read this A Candidate’s Guide to Running for Town Office in Sharon that we put together with Sharon Town Clerk:

Tell your friends and neighbors too!

Elections Info

Town Government Forum

Watch our discussion about the different types of town governments in Massachusetts.

100th Anniversary Local League Honorees

Ruth Hunt, LWV Sharon-Stoughton

50 + Years active in the League

 

  • Dedicated member for over 50 years
  • Our League’s President for probably 15 years when everyone got busy with work, she held it together
  • She is nearly 85 years old, living in assisted living but still a virtual active LWVSS member
  • LWVSS owes its existence (when other league’s in our area folded) to Ruth being willing to receive League mail, hold files and to making sure a few members met a few times a year and actually did “something useful.” LWVSS is revitalized now, new members joining, amazing activities and renewed involvement and this is all due to Ruth’s steadfast insistence.

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