Dennis Hart gives a summary of Iowa news.
Tomorrow, September 28 is National Voter Registration Day. Carolyn Klaus, president of the League of Women Voters of Ames and Story County, tells us that the League will have tables where you can register to vote and find information about satellite voting areas. The tables will be out tomorrow at the East and West HyVee (2 - 5:30 PM) , Ames public Library (10 AM - 4 PM), the ISU Student Union and South of Parks Library at ISU (10 AM - 2 PM), and Wheatsfield (2 - 5:30 PM). There will also be a presentation at the library, available also via Zoom with the county auditor that explains the new voting laws.
On Thursday, September 30, at 6 PM the League will host a conversation with County Auditor Lucy Martin about the new election laws. This will be at the Ames Public Library Auditorium and will also be streamed live on Facebook.
On October 7, the League of Women Voters will host a forum with Ames School Board Candidates at the Ames Public Library from 6 PM to 8 PM.
Banned Book Week is held, beginning on September 26. This year, The Ames Chapter of Amnesty International is teaming up with Dog-Eared Books to bring attention to the human rights issue of censored and persecuted writers, poets, and cartoonists around the world. There will be a display, this week, at the bookstore with the stories of 6 people around the world who are being persecuted. You are invited to sign a petition against their treatment, which will be given to the governments of persecution.
Originally broadcast 09/27/2021