Join the League of Women Voters Moscow for a Speaker Series presentation, The People's Voice: The Past, Present, and Future of Idaho's Ballot-Initiative Process, by Reclaim Idaho co-founder Luke Mayville at 6:30 p.m. on Wed., Nov. 12 in the 1912 Center Lecompte Auditorium. This presentation will focus on Idaho’s proud history of citizen-led initiatives and the ongoing need to protect Idaho’s initiative process. 

Luke Mayville grew up in Sandpoint, Idaho. He holds a PhD in political science from Yale University and has taught civics and political philosophy at Columbia University, American University, and Boise State University Honors College. He has written about the ideas of America's Founding Fathers, including a book on President John Adams. In 2017, he co-founded Reclaim Idaho, a grassroots organization that spearheaded Idaho's ballot initiative to expand Medicaid coverage to 90,000 Idahoans.

In 2021, Reclaim Idaho won a landmark case in the Idaho Supreme Court that enshrined the ballot-initiative process as a fundamental right in the state of Idaho. In 2022, the organization led a campaign that successfully pressured Idaho lawmakers to make historic investments in Idaho K-12 education. In the years since, Reclaim Idaho has worked to promote affordable healthcare, strong public schools, common-sense electoral reform, and ballot-initiative rights.