Civic Participation

Art contest aims to promote voting

25 May 2012

Musican Jackie Greene has lent an artistic hand to the Monterey County Elections Department poster contest. The contest, titled "A.I.M. (Art Inspires Me) to Vote," is open to Monterey County residents between the ages of 14 to 22.

66th Annual Girls State To Be Held In Vermillion

24 May 2012

VERMILLION — Hundreds of high school girls from South Dakota will have the opportunity to learn about civic participation next week when the annual American Legion Auxiliary Girls State gets under way for its 66th year.

Editorial: Lawsuit by county GOP plays game no one wins - Wed, 23 May 2012 PST

23 May 2012

“It’s just politics,� said John Roskelley, in response to the Spokane County Republican Party’s effort to get him tossed off the ballot in the Spokane County Commission race. That’s surely the case, but it cuts deeper than that, because it feeds public cynicism and suppresses civic participation. And we have little doubt that if the situation were reversed, it would be the Democrats playing this ...