WERU News Report 10/15/13

Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Audio recorded by Matt Murphy

Last week the ACLU of Maine presented Ann Luther (of the League of Women Voters of Maine) with their annual Baldwin Award, citing her “outstanding commitment to defending and expanding voting rights in Maine”. In her acceptance speech, Ann Luther drew parallels between the work of the ACLU and the League of Women Voters, and between present day efforts to protect voters rights and past struggles to secure them: