Rush Is on to Help Pennsylvania Voters Obtain IDs (News Clips) 7/16/2012 "'Unfortunately, those most likely to have problems [with ID] are being the most severely suppressed -- the elderly, minorities, those with a disability,' said Roberta Winters, the…
Florida Considering Settling on Voter Registration Case (News Clips) 7/16/2012 “...Florida League of Women Voter's Executive Director, Jessica Lowe Minor, said those changes have allowed her group and several other to start getting people signed up to vote. ‘Not all of the…
Photo ID Voting Laws Disproportionately Target Minorities (News Clips) 7/16/2012 “The fact is there are tens of thousands of folks in Milwaukee County [WI] who don't have a valid photo ID for any number of reasons but still manage to get by just fine. These are the same…
'Got Voter ID?' State Efforts at Public Education Vary Widely (News Clips) 7/16/2012 “As several states prepare to implement voter ID laws passed by their legislatures in November, TPM’s interviews with elections officials show that education efforts are all over the map.”
New Voting Restrictions: Solution to a Nonproblem (News Clips) 7/16/2012 “One would think that in a nation where so many citizens do not vote — 75 million eligible people in 2008 — legislators would spare no efforts to increase exercise of the franchise.”
Restoring Transparency to Elections (News Clips) 7/16/2012 “The League of Women Voters of Ohio urges Ohioans to contact Senators Brown and Portman and ask them to support sending the DISCLOSE Act of 2012 to the floor for a vote.”
League Backs ACA (News Clips) 7/16/2012 Marilyn A. O'Dell, co-president League of Women Voters of Utah: "Because of these vital benefits, the League of Women Voters supports ACA and aims to inform Utahns about its pivotal impact…
Support for the DISCLOSE Act across the country (Blog) 7/13/2012 We recently aired radio ads on the importance of disclosure in Maine and Tennessee. Now, Leagues across the country are writing op-eds so Senators know we want them to stop secret spending.
Election Laws (News Clips) 7/12/2012 “FLORIDA'S state primary is a month away, the presidential election is four months off and the Palm Beach County League of Women Voters (LWV) is busy. During the lunch rush at JFK Medical Centre…
Film Explores Civility in Politics (News Clips) 7/12/2012 “One thing leads to another at MiraCosta College [CA]. ... Last year, the college staged a public-issues symposium on the subject of ‘Civility in Our Civic Discourse.’ ... Among those in attendance…