Honoring Hurricane Sandy’s Voting Heroes
Last week I was in warm, sunny Princeton, NJ to celebrate ”Hurricane Heroes” with the League of Women Voters of New Jersey.
Last week I was in warm, sunny Princeton, NJ to celebrate ”Hurricane Heroes” with the League of Women Voters of New Jersey.
In November, millions of Americans spent hours waiting in long lines in order to exercise their right to vote.
When I first came to the League of Women Voters over three years ago, I was excited to begin working for an organization full of passionate individuals who help everyone participate in our democracy.
I had no idea that I would find exactly that and so much more.
Early this month, a plethora of voter suppression bills were introduced by members of the North Carolina Legislature.
EDITORIAL NOTE: This blog post was originally published on the The Huffington Post.
For many state legislatures, March marks the half-way point of their legislative session, some are already adjourned and some seem to never end.
Last week, the League partnered with fellow voting and civil rights partner/groups to host a tweetchat on the critical voting rights case, Arizona v.