Office of the City Clerk - Record #: R2020-172

• Record #: R2020-172
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• Intro date: 2/19/2020
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Health and Human Relations
• Final action: 7/22/2020
• Title: Recognition of League of Women Voters on 100th anniversary and efforts to encourage informed and active participation in government
• Sponsors: Vasquez, Jr., Andre, Hopkins, Brian , Sawyer, Roderick T., Napolitano, Anthony V., Dowell, Pat, King, Sophia D., Reboyras, Ariel, Taliaferro, Chris, Ervin, Jason C., Burnett, Jr., Walter, Tunney, Thomas, Rodriguez Sanchez, Rossana , Mitts, Emma, Waguespack, Scott, Gardiner, James M. , Osterman, Harry, Sposato, Nicholas, Reilly, Brendan, Nugent, Samantha , Villegas, Gilbert, La Spata, Daniel , Thompson, Patrick D., Hairston, Leslie A., Sigcho-Lopez, Byron, Scott, Jr. Michael, Rodriguez, Michael D., Brookins, Jr., Howard, Taylor, Jeanette B. , Harris, Michelle A., Beale, Anthony, Martin, Matthew J. , Burke, Edward M., Maldonado, Roberto, Silverstein, Debra L., Austin, Carrie M., O'Shea, Matthew J., Cappleman, James, Moore, David H., Hadden, Maria E. , Curtis, Derrick G., Coleman, Stephanie D. , Cardenas, George A., Sadlowski Garza, Susan, Ramirez-Rosa, Carlos, Mitchell, Gregory I., Valencia, Anna M., Smith, Michele, Lopez, Raymond A., Cardona, Jr., Felix , Quinn, Marty

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
7/22/2020	18928	City Council	Adopted	Pass
7/6/2020		Committee on Health and Human Relations	Recommended to Pass
3/9/2020		Committee on Health and Human Relations	Add Co-Sponsor(s)
2/19/2020	14927	City Council	Referred

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Committee(s) Assignment:
Sadlowski Garza (10) Ramirez-Rosa (35) Mitchell (7) Valencia (Clerk) Smith (43) Lopez (15) Cardona, Jr. (31) Quinn (13) Resolution
Recognition of League of Women Voters on 100th anniversary and efforts to encourage informed and active participation in government Committee on Health and Human Relations
RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, on February 14, 1920, the League of Women Voters ("League") was formed at the Congress Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, and

WHEREAS, the League was formed six months prior to, but in anticipation of, ratification of the 19th Amendment, protecting the right to vote of citizens of the United States from denial or abridgement on the basis of sex, and

WHEREAS, the League was a political experiment designed to help 20 million women carry out their new responsibilities as voters by educating them about issues, and.

WHEREAS, from the beginning the League determined that it would be nonpartisan, neither supporting nor opposing any political party or individual candidate, and

WHEREAS, the League continues today as a nonpartisan political organization that encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy, and

WHEREAS, today the League is composed of members in over 700 local, county, and state leagues in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, and Hong Kong, and

WHEREAS, among, those state Leagues is the League of Women Voters of Illinois, which was incorporated on March 22, 1920 and is in turn composed of over 40 local Leagues with almost 4,000 members, and

WHEREAS, members of the League first study and then take action on a broad range of issues after reaching consensus on positions, and

WHEREAS, Leagues at all levels, among other activities, register voters, educate voters by holding candidate forums and publishing voter guides, publish public polic...