The National Voter Registration Act Turns 21! (Blog) 5/20/2014 EDITORIAL NOTE: This blog post was originally posted on President Elisabeth MacNamara's Huffington Post blog. Have you registered to vote or…
League of Women Voters Celebrates 50 Years (News Clips) 5/19/2014 For half a century, the League of Women Voters of Alpena County has been helping to educate the public on issues of importance to an informed…
League Continues to Push to Restore the Voting Rights Act (Legal Document) 5/15/2014 The League continues efforts to restore the Voting Rights Act with a letter to the House of Representatives. The letter calls for the House Judiciary…
League of Women Voters Organizes Public Forums on Yakima County law, Justice (News Clips) 5/12/2014 When a study highly critical of Yakima County’s law and justice system known as the Hutton Report was released in 2012, two members of the local…
Acquiring State-Issued ID can be Difficult, Expensive (News Clips) 5/12/2014 The failure of so many Wisconsin citizens to obtain a state-issued ID, despite how valuable such an ID is for transacting business in the state, is…
LETTER: Yes on Prop. 42! (News Clips) 5/12/2014 We almost lost it — our right to our own public records and participation in public meetings.Last year the state government’s leaders thought it was…
Letter: Illinois Needs Fair Tax (News Clips) 5/12/2014 To the editor:Support for a fair tax in Illinois is growing among small-business owners, faith-based organizations, taxpayers earning below $200,000…
Nearly 200 Turn Out for Philly School-Management Vote (News Clips) 5/5/2014 NEARLY 200 parents turned out yesterday at a Nicetown elementary school for a vote that should determine whether it will remain a traditional public…
Victory in Wisconsin on Voter ID May Have Broader Implications (Blog) 5/2/2014 What a difference nearly a decade makes. When laws requiring strict, government issued voter photo ID were first introduced in Georgia and Indiana in…
The Frontier of Climate Change: State and Local Action in the Heartland (Blog) 4/29/2014 EDITORIAL NOTE: This guest blog post was written by Bonnie Pitz, President, League of Women Voters of Iowa On Earth Day 2014, the League of Women…