Article: LEAGUE TACKLES POLITICS WOMEN VOTERS ISSUES-ORIENTED.(Living Today)

Byline: Stephen Frank Staff writer

Two weeks after moving to Albany, Carol Wallace noticed that the League of Women Voters - a group she had joined in Eugene, Ore. - was about to hold a meeting.

"I attended, and it was like seeing old friends," she recalls. "I guess the same type of women join the league. I was off and running."

That was 20 years ago. Wallace's longtime activity in the Albany County league helped transform her as a citizen.

Most people associate the League of Women Voters with registration drives and - since 1976 - with televised presidential debates. On Saturday, the league sponsored the debate in Rochester among the ...

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