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Jennifer A. Jackson

Jennifer A. Jackson

Jennifer A. Jackson, M.D., is president of the League of Women Voters of Kentucky, a nonpartisan organization that encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government.

Commentary

It’s time to restore citizen participation in Kentucky lawmaking process

By: - December 4, 2023

Our representative democracy rests on a basic principle: The people have a right to participate in decisions that affect them.? The League of Women Voters of Kentucky is concerned by any weakening of that principle. In our new “How Can They Do That?” report, we show that Kentucky’s General Assembly has increasingly fast-tracked legislation in […]