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.
Not Registered to Vote? Time to Get in The Game (News Clips) 1/28/2014 An estimated 6 million Americans failed to vote in 2008 because they did not know how to register or they missed their state's deadline to register.
League of Women Voters Event Helps Northfielders Understand the Affordable Care Act (News Clips) 1/28/2014 Charlie Mandile has had a lot of time to study the ins and outs of the Affordable Care Act since President Barack Obama signed comprehensive health reform into law in March 2010.
Are You Registered to Vote, Farmington and Farmington Hills? (News Clips) 1/28/2014 November's elections are six short weeks away, and Secretary of State Ruth Johnson is urging all eligible Michiganders to register to vote.