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MWEG Member Letter to the Editor :: ‘Voting by Mail Is a Boon for Parents’
“In 2016, vote-by-mail was a boon. With my children asleep, I found lots of uninterrupted time to research candidates and issues. I filled out my ballot a little here, a little there with my research fresh in my mind. I had time to reconsider each vote before finally dropping it off. Absentee ballots make me a more thoughtful and informed voter, and spare others from the chaos that sometimes comes with my entourage of young children.” MWEG member Maria Bettinson Evans believes absentee ballots are an essential piece to voter enfranchisement. Read her full letter to the editor in the Salt Lake Tribune. “Voting by Mail Is a Boon for…
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MWEG Member Op-Ed :: “Trump’s Name Is All Over This Catastrophe”
“It’s unusual, to say the least, that Donald Trump’s name is on the stimulus check being mailed to millions of Americans starting this month. No previous U.S. president has put his name on a Treasury check, as if the money in the Treasury were his own and he were a personal benefactor to American citizens. And yet, in a symbolic sense, it’s fitting that the president’s name should be on that check.” Click here to read MWEG member Stefanie Condie’s Salt Lake Tribune op-ed outlining why Trump’s name is all over the catastrophic loss of life and livelihood we’re seeing as a result of COVID-19. Trump’s Name Is All Over This Catastrophe…