Nearly 150 people huddled in a basement room at Carroll College to hear a former GOP governor and state constitutional convention delegate give them tips on how to “preserve” their democracy in a 90-minute discussion on an issue that one speaker described as teetering between encouraging and foreboding.
Mae Nan Ellingson speaks Wednesday at League of Women Voters event at Carroll College while former Gov. Marc Racicot, seated at left, looks on.
“We won’t be talking candidates tonight. We’re not talking about political parties. We’re talking about democracy,” Helena-area League of Women Voters Co-President Sharon Haugen told people packed Wednesday into the Avila/Desmet room for a discussion the league hosted featuring former Gov. Marc Racicot and Mae Nan Ellingson, who was the youngest delegate at the 1972 constitutional convention.
