OBAMA ADMINISTRATION’S GREENHOUSE GAS RULE IS A MAJOR STEP IN CONTROLLING CLIMATE CHANGE (Press Release) 4/13/2012 Washington, DC (April 13, 2012) – The League of Women Voters today praised the Administration’s proposed
Voter ID Bill Draws Criticism (News Clips) 4/11/2012 “Joan Ashwell, election law specialist for the League of Women Voters of New Hampshire, said the voter ID bill ‘discriminates against certain otherwise qualified voters.’”
Voter Photo ID Law Bad for Texas (News Clips) 4/10/2012 “The nonpartisan League of Women Voters agrees with several points in the editorial. LWV also can find no proof of voter fraud which photo ID would prevent and is concerned Texas's suit poses…
Florida. How Soon We Forget. (News Clips) 4/9/2012 “Last spring, Florida made some changes to its election law. Cloaked as technical tweaks, the new laws have the potential to swing the 2012 election.”
How to Expand the Voter Rolls (News Clips) 4/9/2012 This NYT editorial points out that “one reason the United States has a low voter-participation rate is that most states are using 19th-century registration methods in the 21st century.”
[MN] Voters to Decide Whether to Require IDs at Polls (News Clips) 4/5/2012 “Voters will decide in November whether government-issued photo identification should be required when voting in Minnesota, after lawmakers approved the ballot measure Wednesday and ended a years-…
Women's League Helps Eligible Students in Horry [SC] Register to Vote (News Clips) 4/5/2012 “Almost 200 high school students have registered to vote in the last month, thanks to members of the League of Women Voters of Horry County, who have been visiting high schools to simplify…
Complications Alter Voting Timelines (News Clips) 4/5/2012 “There are all kinds of nitty gritty decisions that have to be made before you put an election together,” said Linda Krefting, vice president of the League of Women Voters of Texas.”
Fresh Evidence That Florida's New Elections Law Suppresses Voting (News Clips) 4/4/2012 “... In Miami-Dade, for example, voter registration plunged by 39 percent. The link between the law and the suspension of registration drives is clearly showing up in these findings.”
League's Voter Registration Drive Is a Success (News Clips) 4/3/2012 "Increasing informed voter turnout 20 percent by 2020 is one of the goals of the League of Women Voters of Chester County. Our league volunteers have been very busy this spring registering…