Women May Bear Brunt of Voter ID Laws (News Clips) 5/21/2012 Jo Sapp, Columbia-Boone County [MO] League of Women Voters member, on proposed Missouri mandate: “According to a Brennan Center study, millions of U.S. citizens do not have readily available…
Wanted More Voters, Especially the Younger Ones (News Clips) 5/21/2012 “...we say kudos to the Pompton Lakes League of Women Voters [NJ] for turning out this week and offering Pompton’s students the opportunity register. They signed up 55 students from Pompton and…
Letter to the Editor: Right to Know (News Clips) 5/21/2012 “The League of Women Voters supports U.S. Senate Bill. 2219, the Disclose Act of 2012, and urges all Oklahomans to join them.”
League Signs On to Amicus Brief in Montana Case (Article) 5/18/2012 The League signed on to an amicus brief sent to the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of American Tradition Partnership vs. Montana. The case asks the U.S.
Florida's New Election Laws Challenge Young Voters (News Clips) 5/17/2012 According to Dr. Carol Weissert, professor of political science at Florida State University: “Since the passage of this bill, third-party voter registration groups such as the Boy Scouts and the…
League of Women Voters of the Northern Valley [NJ] Do Their Part to Keep Residents Informed (News Clips) 5/17/2012 “Back in the late 1930's, Natalie Beaumont was too young to remember the League of Women Voters meetings her mother held in their home, but she recalls why these meetings were so important.”
MORE THAN ONE MILLION COMMENTS SUPPORTING CARBON POLLUTION LIMITS DELIVERED TO EPA (Press Release) 5/17/2012 Washington, DC – May 17, 2012: Today, a broad coalition of groups supporting clean air safeguards announced that more than one million Americans have shown their support for new standards to curb i
New Generation Takes the Helm at Asheville–Buncombe League of Women Voters (News Clips) 5/16/2012 “...Karen Oelschlaeger, 27, was unanimously chosen as the new president of the local League, making her one of the youngest League presidents in the history of the organization, and possibly the…
Tacos and Votes – To Promote and Protect the Vote (News Clips) 5/16/2012 “A coalition of new, professional Latino civic leaders from established non-profits organizations [including the Houston League of Women Voters Education Fund] have united to celebrate the right to…
Kasich's Signing of Election Law 'Repeal' Doesn't End Debate (News Clips) 5/16/2012 “Ohio’s march toward what’s expected to be a nationally watched 2012 election took an apparently unprecedented step Tuesday, one that could put election officials into court before a ballot is cast…