Join LWV Chicago and LWV Cook County to learn how to identify and combat election misinformation and disinformation in our local communities. Barb Laimins and Anne Sullivan, co-chairs of the LWV Illinois Mis/Disinformation Task Force, will present the toolkits and educational materials the Task Force has developed and take your questions and suggestions.
Speakers
Barb Laimins joined the League of Women Voters of Wheaton in 2014. She has served as voter service chair and League president, and instituted a LWV Wheaton Civic Education Committee. A past LWVIL board member, she currently serves on the LWVIL Membership Committee, the LWVIL Issues and Advocacy Committee, and is the LWVIL representative on an Illinois General Assembly Task Force to study the implementation of Ranked Choice Voting in Illinois. Barb is also on the planning board for LWV/National Institute for Civic Discourse.
Anne Sullivan joined the League of Women Voters of Wilmette board of directors in 2017, where she chaired Voter Services and Communications and served as an Advocacy Chair for DEI initiatives and Fair Elections. She was co-president in 2022 and 2023. She is also Wilmette's representative on the LWV Cook County Board of Directors.
To address the troubling rise of misinformation and disinformation—and its impact on our elections—the League of Women Voters of Illinois formed the Mis/Disinformation Task Force in January 2024 with the goal of educating the general public on mis/disinformation.