The League – A Recognized Foe of Voter ID Laws (Blog) 7/9/2012 League President Elisabeth MacNamara and Senior Elections Director Jeanette Senecal are among the “foes” in this piece on how the “Foes of Voter ID Laws Find Ways to Mute Their Impact.”
BMENA’S First Regional Workshop in Doha Postponed (Blog) 7/6/2012 Late yesterday afternoon the League received an official notification from the State Department indicating that regrettably the first regional workshop on women’s empowerment scheduled to take place…
Fight Back against Restrictive Voting Laws (News Clips) 7/5/2012 “Elections should not be decided by politicians who manipulate voting laws for partisan gain. Improving our elections need not come at the expense of our shared value that all citizens should have…
Snyder Vetoes Three [MI] Bills Aimed at Changes for Voters (News Clips) 7/5/2012 “Gov. Rick Snyder [MI] on Tuesday vetoed three election law bills pushed by Republican legislators seeking to require a ballot box affirmation of citizenship, restrict voter registration drives and…
Voting Issue on Way to Ballot (News Clips) 7/5/2012 "A plan to change how Ohio draws its legislative and congressional boundaries has collected enough signatures to go before voters and might be the only citizen-driven issue on the November…
Three local students win competition (South Carolina: Spartanburg Herald-Journal) (News Clips) 7/3/2012 The League of Women Voters of Spartanburg's art contest on
Foes of Minn. Voter ID Push Decry Question Wording (News Clips) 7/3/2012 “Groups opposed to a proposed constitutional amendment to require photo IDs for voting argued Monday to Minnesota's highest court that allowing the ballot question to move forward would set up a…
6600 Montanans Chime in on Carbon Pollution (News Clips) 7/3/2012 “Nancy Detrick, president of the Montana League of Women Voters says it's not surprising so many people wanted to have a say. ‘It just shows that people here in Montana are concerned about the…
S.C. Legislature Maintains Its Vise Grip on Judiciary (South Carolina: The Nerve) (News Clips) 7/2/2012 Reporter Rick Brundrett of The Nerve discusses legislative control of judicial selection in South Carolina, quotes League of Women Voters of South Carolina President Barbara Zia and Profes
Celebrate the Fourth by Registering to Vote (News Clips) 7/2/2012 “Bravo to students at several local [CT] high schools for registering to vote. ... Representatives of the League of Women Voters of Southeastern Connecticut recently visited New London High School,…