To the Editor:
Candidates for Indiana’s Sixth Congressional District must tell voters where they stand at VOTE411.org.
As voters, we deserve to know where candidates stand on the issues that matter. We voters are, after all, hiring representatives to serve in government bodies that make decisions affecting our daily lives.
Every election, the League of Women Voters produces a nonpartisan voter guide designed to help voters understand where candidates stand on the issues voters care most about. To make our guides, the League contacts and invites candidates to participate in VOTE411 by providing biographical information and answering questions that voters care about. Candidates’ answers appear word for word as provided, and the public can compare candidates’ information side-by-side.
These guides empower voters with the information they need to choose the candidate that will best represent them. 2024 is a pivotal election, and voters deserve to hear from every candidate.
However, despite repeated outreach from the League of Women Voters, seven candidates running for U.S. Representative from the Indiana 6th District have yet to respond to the invitation to participate in VOTE411. Those candidates are Jamison Carrier of Greenwood, Darin Childress of Richmond, Bill Frazier of Muncie, John Jacob of Indianapolis, Jeff Raatz of Richmond, Jefferson Shreve of Indianapolis, and Mike Speedy of Indianapolis. District 6 includes Bartholomew, Fayette, Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Randolph, Rush, Shelby, Union and Wayne counties, and the southern townships of Indianapolis.
We call on each of these candidates to respond to their VOTE411 invitation and on voters to urge them to do so.
VOTE411 is a trusted source for voter information, offering election and candidate information all in one place. The League of Women Voters refers to VOTE411.org as a one-stop shop for election-related information. The candidates running to represent Indiana’s 6th District are urged to respond to VOTE411’s invitation to participate and provide their voters with the information they need to vote informed.
Voters need this information as soon as possible, as early in-person voting begins on April 9.
Linda Hanson, President
League of Women Voters of Indiana
