i'm laurie green awe girardin. i'm in district 9. thanks for this opportunity to be considered for the league of women voters seat on the ballot simplification committee. i'm a self-employed communications consultant and writer. i help non-profits, foundation and others share their stories and engage their communities. i have 20 years of experience in communications. in my work, i use plain language to make ideas and information more accessible to more people. i specialize in legal, complex, technical, medical information into writing that people can easily understand and use. as a consultant and writer, i must be impartial, bias and non-partisan. i have written articles about politically charged top licks about elections, regulations and public sector issues. and successfully put my own views aside and done the work. clients and editors who praise my ability to be objective, while also writing information that's highly relevant. i'm a volunteer on the communications committee. as a volunteer, i often create communications content, t