Summary: <p>We talk about Your Rights on In Legal Terms. Many of your rights are determined by voting. Are you registered? How do you register? Our guest, Ruth O’Dell from the League of Women Voters Mississippi will give us some assistance in these areas.</p><br><p>If you’d like to learn more about League of Women Voters, you could go to their website: <a href="https://www.lwv.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.lwv.org/</a> To learn about the League nearest you – just type in your zip code. Mississippi has 6 leagues: East Central, Gulf Coast, North Mississippi, Pine Belt, Golden Triangle, and Jackson Area within the state league. <a href="https://lwv-ms.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lwv-ms.org/</a></p><p>As we get closer to the election, check out <a href="https://www.vote411.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.vote411.org/</a> to learn about your candidates.</p><br><p>On the League of Women Voter’s website you can find information about expanding voter access, redistricting money in politics and fighting voter suppression. There’s also information about Health Care, The Environment, Censes, and Immigration. Also, In Legal Terms has a previous podcast with LWV: <a href="http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-league-of-women-voters" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-league-of-women-voters</a></p><br><p>It is so easy to find ALL the information about voting: <a href="https://sos.ms.gov/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://sos.ms.gov/</a> You can find out how to register to vote, where to vote, your sample ballot, information about becoming a poll worker. What kind of ID do you need? <a href="https://www.sos.ms.gov/voter-id/about" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.sos.ms.gov/voter-id/about</a></p><br><p><br></p><br><p><br></p><br><p><br></p><br><p><br></p><br><hr><p style="color:grey;font-size:0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a style="color:grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
