It’s Time to Fix our Fiscal Policy (Blog) 11/30/2012 January 1, 2013 is the deadline for our financial future.
League Signs On to Amicus Brief in Texas Voter Registration Case (Article) 11/27/2012 Recent changes to Texas law make it extremely difficult for voter registration groups to sign up new voters, violating the First Amendment and the National Voter Registration Act, argues the Brenna
Florida governor orders review of election laws after voting snafus (News Clips) 11/16/2012 "Florida Governor Rick Scott ordered his top elections official on Wednesday to figure out what caused long lines at polling stations and delays in ballot counting in the battleground state on…
Darryl Rouson, Charlie Crist call for voting reforms in Florida (News Clips) 11/16/2012 "...Rep. Darryl Rouson announced Wednesday he will submit a bill to expand early voting in response to long lines and delays in Florida's vote counting during last week's election.…
Honolulu City Council Wants Governor to Investigate General Election (News Clips) 11/16/2012 "Public outrage is on the rise after more information about the Office of Elections management failures on General Election Day is documented. Hundreds of people at 24 precincts around Oahu…
League of Women Voters of Hawaii Urges Legislative Action To Protect Citizens’ Right to Vote in Hawaii (News Clips) 11/16/2012 "The League of Women Voters of Hawaii is calling on the Hawaii State Legislature to take steps to remedy problems in voting operations that surfaced in the 2012 elections."
A La Porte County Life That Matters: Betty Lou Nault (News Clips) 11/15/2012 "As a member of the League of Women Voters for most of her adult life, Betty Lou Nault is committed to providing people with solid information about political candidates and issues and…
Kudos to clerks for facilitating voter turnout (News Clips) 11/15/2012 "As the State Journal noted in an article last Thursday, voter turnout in Dane County [OH] was almost 10 percent higher than in the state as a whole. ... Some of the credit should go to local…
A good voter turnout in Connecticut (News Clips) 11/15/2012 "Amid it all, voters showed they were, indeed, undeterred, and, in the words of Elizabeth MacNamara, president of the U.S. League of Women Voters, 'The determination of voters came despite…
Consensus emerging that election-law reform is needed (News Clips) 11/14/2012 "A week after Florida's electoral system melted down, there is growing consensus that the state must reform its election laws to avoid similar problems in the future. ... Meanwhile, civic…