The League of Women Voters, now celebrating its' 90th Anniversary, is heading into the next decade with renewed energy, vision and leadership supplied by the League's new president, Elisabeth MacNamara.  MacNamara joins Speak Up! to talk more about the League and what it is doing now to provide voters with researched issues prior to major elections, as well as their usual bi-partisan information on candidates during national elections.  Elisabeth is the 18th President of the League of Women Voters, leaving her post of deputy chief assistant district attorney in charge of the office's juvenile court division in Dekalb County to take on her new responsibilities with the League were she has been an active member since 1983.

More about Elisabeth MacNamara
Since joining the League in 1983, Elisabeth has served in leadership roles at all levels—including President of the Board of Directors of the League of Women of Georgia; Secretary, Vice President, and President of the Board of Directors of the DeKalb League; and President of the League of Women Voters of Georgia. Professionally, Ms. MacNamara is an attorney, recently retired as deputy chief assistant district attorney in charge of the office’s juvenile court division in Dekalb County. Prior to that, she had served as assistant district attorney since 1986. She has also served as a staff attorney for the National Center for State Courts and law clerk for the Superior Court of Dekalb County. Ms. MacNamara graduated from Emory University with a B.A. in 1976 and a J.D. in 1979. She has lived in DeKalb County, Georgia, since 1974.

More about the League of Women Voters
The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization that has fought since 1920 to improve government and impact public policies through citizen education and advocacy. There are more than 850 Leagues in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Hong Kong, comprising a vast grassroots lobby corps that can be mobilized when necessary. The League is strictly nonpartisan but wholeheartedly political, working to influence policy through advocacy. It is the original grassroots citizen network, directed by the consensus of its members nationwide, and national polling data continues to show that the League of Women Voters is the most trusted independent validator that proposed reforms are in the public interest. The League’s legislative priorities change over time to reflect the needs of society, but the organization remains true to its basic purpose: to make democracy work for all citizens.  Find the League of Women Voters on Facebook, and learn even more by visiting: VOTE411.org