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.”
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.
Md. Voters Likely to Decide Congressional Map (News Clips) 7/12/2012 “Maryland voters appear likely to get the final word on the state’s highly partisan and racially charged plan to redraw Maryland’s congressional districts. ... In passing the plan, Democratic state…
Discriminatory Texas Voter Law ID Challenged in Federal Court (News Clips) 7/9/2012 “The League of Women Voters called it ‘by far the most extreme example of racial gerrymandering among all the redistricting proposals passed by lawmakers so far this year.’”
Voting Issue on Way to Ballot (News Clips) 7/5/2012 "A plan to change how Ohio draws its legislative and congressional boundaries has collected enough signatures to go before voters and might be the only citizen-driven issue on the November…
6600 Montanans Chime in on Carbon Pollution (News Clips) 7/3/2012 “Nancy Detrick, president of the Montana League of Women Voters says it's not surprising so many people wanted to have a say. ‘It just shows that people here in Montana are concerned about the…
Thank YOU for Telling the EPA to Protect People, Not Polluters! (Blog) 6/27/2012 Over 2 months ago, we asked you to submit comments to the EPA in support of their proposed regulation to limit carbon pollution from new power plants. We surpassed TWO million comments!
Petition on How Districts Are Drawn Faring Well (News Clips) 6/26/2012 “...the effort to overhaul how Ohio draws its legislative and congressional districts is on track to submit more than 386,000 voter signatures by the July 4 deadline, said Ann Henkener of the League…
Supreme Court Repeats Naïve, Uninformed Errors of Citizens United (Blog) 6/25/2012 Today, the Supreme Court repeated its uninformed errors in the Citizens United decision in another campaign finance case. We look forward to the day when the Court majority deal with the facts.
SUPREME COURT DECIDES PIVOTAL CAMPAIGN FINANCE CASE (Press Release) 6/25/2012 Court Repeats Naïve, Uninformed Errors of Its Citizens United Decision