Ensure Your Rigth to Vote; Update Status or Register (News Clips) 1/28/2014 In 2008, 6 million Americans told the U.S. Census Bureau that they hadn't voted because they either didn't know how to register or missed the deadline.
LWV Program Looks at County Charter Government (News Clips) 1/28/2014 BRADENTON -- Should Manatee County adopt charter government? 20 florida counties currently use the charter form of government, including many right here in southwest Florida.
League of Women Voters to Hold Voter Registration Sessions Sept. 24 (News Clips) 1/28/2014 League of Women Voters of Southeastern Connecticut will hold voter registration sessions Sept. 24 at various local libraries.
Letter: Democracy Demands Voter Participation (News Clips) 1/28/2014 Today is National Voter Registration Day, and on behalf of the League of Women Voters, I invite you to join us in taking two basic steps this fall to strengthen our democracy.
2014: A Turning Point for Florida?: My Word (News Clips) 1/28/2014 For the past few years, citizens have been dodging some pretty bad ideas: cutbacks in voting rights, splitting the Florida Supreme Court in two, and lifting the ban on oil drilling within 10 miles
Challengers of new NC voting regulations want 2014 trial; state officials push for delay (News Clips) 1/28/2014 RALEIGH Parties who are a gulf apart over what laws should be in place to ensure fair and open elections are just as widely divided about how quickly a lawsuit challenging new voter laws should be
League of Women Voters: Your Vote Does Count Forum (News Clips) 1/28/2014 Other parts of the VRA are still in place, but the remaining processes for a citizen to file a discrimination claim about voting are more complex, costly and lengthy.
League of Women Voters Backs Obama on Power Plants (News Clips) 1/28/2014 In September the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed standards for controlling carbon pollution from new power plants.
Law Requiring Photo ID to Vote has Been Overturned (News Clips) 1/28/2014 Voter-interest and civil rights groups across the state, including the ACLU, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the League of Women Voters categorically opposed the
Act now to restore Voting Rights Act (News Clips) 1/28/2014 Our foremothers and forefathers understood that voting provides citizens the ability to have an impact on the critical issues facing their communities.