Ohio is at it Again, Restricting Popular Voting Methods Ahead of a Major Election (Blog) 3/6/2014 EDITORIAL NOTE: This guest blog was written by Carrie Davis, executive director of the League of Women Voters of Ohio Earlier this year, we helped…
Voting Rights Advocates Try to Put Oversight Back on the Map (News Clips) 3/5/2014 By Kara Brandeisky, ProPublica In June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states and local governments with a history of discrimination no longer…
Florida Citizens Team up With Business to Expand Health Care: Emphasizing the Fiscal Imperative (Blog) 3/4/2014 EDITORIAL NOTE: This guest blog post was written by Deirdre Macnab, state president, League of Women Voters of Florida While Florida's elected…
The League’s Work (News Clips) 2/27/2014 On February 14 ninety-four years ago, the League of Women Voters was founded by Carrie Chapman Catt with the goal to secure the right to vote for…
Help Us Celebrate Women’s History Month (Blog) 2/27/2014 Ninety-two years ago today on February 27, 1922, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously and momentously upheld the 19th Amendment to the U.S.…
Voting Rights Advocates Call on Georgia Legislature to Reject Attack on Voters (News Clips) 2/26/2014 A strong coalition of voting rights and pro-democracy organizations is demanding that the Georgia legislature reject HB891, a bill that would shorten…
Editorial: Make Voting Easier with a Little Guidance (News Clips) 2/26/2014 There are so many names and so many races on a voter’s ballot that it’s hard not to get confused. Who are these people, you might think, as you…
Conservative State Justice Bothered by Voter ID Law (News Clips) 2/26/2014 A member of the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s conservative majority said Tuesday she’s troubled by the state’s voter photo ID requirements, saying it’s…
Changes to Voting Bill Would Leave More Than Half of Kentucky Felons Without the Right to Vote (News Clips) 2/26/2014 More than half of the 180,000 Kentuckians barred from voting because of a felony conviction would remain permanently disenfranchised under changes…