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)…
Purged Voters Sue Florida (News Clips) 6/21/2012 “Five separate organizations and two individual Florida voters have filed suit in U.S. District Court, claiming that the state's controversial voter purge program is discriminatory. The suit,…
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
New Lesson Plan: High School Voter Registration (Article) 6/20/2012 LWVEF has once again teamed up with YLI (The Youth Leadership Initiative) to create a lesson plan: This
The Voice of New Rochelle: A League of Their Own (News Clips) 6/20/2012 “Maintaining democratic institutions requires a citizenship willing to stand up for its core principle, even in the face of bullies—or worse.”
Put 'Voters First' When Redistricting (News Clips) 6/20/2012 “'Voters First' advocate Ann Henkener, Redistricting Specialist for the League of Women Voters of Ohio, ... explained the 'Voters First' initiative that proposes 'to take the…
St. Paul [MN] Weighs in on Voter ID Court Case (News Clips) 6/20/2012 “The City of St. Paul has filed an amicus brief that argues against the proposed Voter ID constitutional amendment as part of a case that will be heard by the state Supreme Court. The city questions…
Wiltonians Represent Local League of Women Voters Groups at National Convention (News Clips) 6/19/2012 “Sharon Grace and Carole Young-Kleinfeld of Wilton attended the convention...”
SLP Stands Against Voter Photo ID (News Clips) 6/19/2012 “Aggie Leitheiser, president of the St. Louis Park chapter of the League of Women Voters, applauded Council's decision.”