SUPREME COURT DECIDES PIVOTAL CAMPAIGN FINANCE CASE (Press Release) 6/25/2012 Court Repeats Naïve, Uninformed Errors of Its Citizens United Decision
MORE THAN 2 MILLION COMMENTS SUPPORTING EPA PROTECTIONS AGAINST CARBON POLLUTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE COLLECTED (Press Release) 6/22/2012 The League and a broad coalition of groups supporting clean air safeguards announced they have collected more than two million comments in support of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA)…
U.S. Senate Rejects Threat to Clean Air Act (Blog) 6/21/2012 Last week we told you about an attempt by Senator Jim Inhofe and a vocal minority that would have eliminated an histo
Voters Need to Know Where the Money Comes from (News Clips) 6/19/2012 “The League of Women Voters of Ohio is deeply concerned about the current state of political financing in our nation.”
Online Voting Guide (News Clips) 6/19/2012 “The League of Women Voters of Metropolitan Tulsa has released its nonpartisan guide to the upcoming state and federal primary elections.”
League of Women Voters Gets Them Voting Young (News Clips) 6/19/2012 “The League of Women Voters of the Kenai Peninsula [AK] believes that the best way to get young people to grow up to become voters and good citizens is to lead by example.”
Teachers, Instill the Value of Voting in Your Students (News Clips) 6/19/2012 “...it's my wish and that of my LWV friends that every teacher at every level should be driving it into their students' heads that it will be their obligation to take advantage of their…
Michigan Gets into the Voter Suppression Game (News Clips) 6/19/2012 “Michigan is poised to become the latest state to pass harsh new restrictions on voting. On Tuesday, the Republican-controlled House passed three laws...”
Political Bribery Is Legal Again (News Clips) 6/14/2012 “Our election system is literally awash in money, and the 2012 election will again shatter all spending records. The amount of money from wealthy special interests, millionaires and billionaires…
Florida's Voting Standoff Deja Vu? (News Clips) 6/14/2012 “Government and politics teacher Dawn Quarles' voice goes tight with frustration when she thinks back to how trying to register her students to vote thrust her into the center of Florida's…