Alison Smith: Elections Money Can't Buy (News Clips) 12/8/2011 One of the YES! Magazine Breakthrough 15 honorees was a quiet, stay-at-home Maine mom and League of Women Voters member, who became a clean-elections…
Advocates Urge Congress to Fight State Voting Changes (News Clips) 12/7/2011 The League speaks out to protect voters’ rights and oppose state voter ID legislation at congressional hearing.
Voter ID Legislation Faces Opposition in Congress (News Clips) 12/7/2011 The League speaks out to protect voters’ rights and oppose state voter ID legislation at congressional hearing.
Texans Allowed to Show Gun Permits but Not Student IDs at Voting Booth (News Clips) 12/7/2011 The League speaks out to protect voters’ rights and oppose state voter ID legislation at congressional hearing.
Statement by Elisabeth MacNamara, President, LWVUS at a Forum Entitled "Excluded from Democracy: The Impact of Recent State Voting Changes" (Legal Document) 11/14/2011 Thank you Mr. Conyers and member of the committee for holding this discussion which will help focus our nation’s attention on voter suppression…
A WAR ON VOTING… (Blog) 10/31/2011 In 1920, a major effort to register newly enfranchised voters and educate them in the political process was prominent on the agenda of the just…
McComish v. Bennett is A Poorly Reasoned Decision (Press Release) 6/27/2011 But Public Financing of Elections SurvivesWashington, DC – The League of Women Voters today expressed profound disappointment at the U.S. Supreme…
President Urged to Protect Voting Rights (Press Release) 2/23/2011 Appoint Commissioners to Elections PanelWashington, DC -- Major civil rights and voting rights organizations have called on President Obama to act…
House Set to Repeal Presidential Campaign Finance System (Press Release) 1/26/2011 “American people deserve better,” says League of Women VotersWashington, DC -- The League of Women Voters today urged members of the U.S. House of…