LETTER: Congress Must Act to Defend Voting Rights (News Clips) 6/27/2014 One year ago this week, the U.S. Supreme Court gutted key provisions of the Voting Rights Act in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder, leaving room for…
Rights Debated After Ruling on Protest-Free Abortion Clinic Zones (News Clips) 6/27/2014 The high court struck down a 35-foot protest-free zone outside abortion clinics in Massachusetts, the justices unanimous in their ruling that the…
League of Women Voters Has The Answers (News Clips) 6/27/2014 One of the more unfortunate results of modern communications strategies and technology is the ability of elected officials, and candidates for…
UPDATE: Voting Rights Moving Forward! (Blog) 6/25/2014 There’s finally some good news on the voting rights front in Congress. Today, on the one year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision that gutted…
Voters Lack Vital Protections One Year After Shelby Decision (Press Release) 6/25/2014 Congress Must Act to Restore the Voting Rights Act Washington, D.C. – “Today may be an anniversary but it is not a celebration,” said…
Letters: Congress Needs to Revive Voting Rights Act (News Clips) 6/24/2014 Defenders and red herringsEvery time I see a letter that points out the sins of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, I see a red…
One Year After Shelby Decision, The Fight Continues to Protect Equal Access to the Vote (Blog) 6/23/2014 EDITORIAL NOTE: This blog post was originally posted on President Elisabeth MacNamara's Huffington Post blog. This week marks one year since the…
Local Volunteers Attend League of Woman Voters National Meeting (News Clips) 6/20/2014 The League of Women Voters of Glenview was represented by Joan Ziegler, President at the 2014 League of Women Voters of the United States (LWVUS)…
League updates agriculture policy position (News Clips) 6/18/2014 Earlier this year, the League of Women Voters of La Plata County, along with 242 other state and local LWVs, participated in an update of our…
Local Groups Team up to Tackle Low Voter Turnout (News Clips) 6/18/2014 Juneau may not remember the turnout for the last municipal election, since a majority seem to have slept through it.It was 19.06 percent — but let’s…