The LWVMA Citizen Education Fund
Mission Statement The Lotte E. Scharfman Memorial Citizen Education Fund was established
as an educational trust in 1971 by the League of Women Voters of
Massachusetts. It is a nonpartisan not-for-profit fund that supports
voter education. Its mission is to encourage informed and active citizen
participation in government through citizen education and voters service
projects. It serves the public, both individuals and organizations, by
providing advice and training on how to make government responsive and
accessible.
Citizen Education Fund Projects Candidate Debates: The League of Women Voters of Massachusetts has built a solid reputation of providing fair, informative, and nonpartisan candidate debates for voters. Voters Guide: Since 1964, the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts and the Boston Globe have published a Voters Guide in state election years. The Guide contains pictures and biographies of candidates for statewide offices, candidates' answers to public policy questions, a chart of political districts for each city and town, and summaries of ballot questions. The Guide helps voters both to understand registration and voting procedures as well as to make informed decisions before voting. Voters Online Website: The League's one-stop location on the Web for non-partisan and inactive information about candidates, ballot questions, voting, state and federal government. The address is http://www.votinginfo.info Voter Information Phone: The Voter Information Phone (VIPhone) was begun in 1971 to provide information about government to the citizens of the Commonwealth. The VIPhone helps citizens find out how government works, who works in government, and how government can work for them. The toll free number 1-800-882-1649.
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