Voting Rights Act: Remember, Celebrate and Protect (Blog) 8/6/2012 Editorial Note: This piece was first published on my Huffington Post Blog. 47 years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law to prevent voter discrimination.
Taking Care of Women (Blog) 7/31/2012 Beginning August 1st, millions of women around the country will be able to receive free preventive health care benefits through the Affordable Care Act!
Lessons Learned – LWVWI Releases Report on Election Observers (Blog) 7/26/2012 Leading up to the June 5th recall elections, LWV of Wisconsin worked with the nonpartisan Wisconsin Election Protection coalition to train citizens as volunteer election observers.
Support for the DISCLOSE Act across the country (Blog) 7/13/2012 We recently aired radio ads on the importance of disclosure in Maine and Tennessee. Now, Leagues across the country are writing op-eds so Senators know we want them to stop secret spending.
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.”
Supreme Court protects health care for millions (Blog) 6/28/2012 We are pleased with the Supreme Court's decision upholding the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Today’s decision protects the health of millions of Americans. Read our full statement.
Supreme Court Repeats Naïve, Uninformed Errors of Citizens United (Blog) 6/25/2012 Today, the Supreme Court repeated its uninformed errors in the Citizens United decision in another campaign finance case. We look forward to the day when the Court majority deal with the facts.
Twitter’s take on Attorney General Holder visiting LWV’s Convention (Blog) 6/14/2012 On Monday, June 11, Attorney General Eric Holder addressed our National Convention.
Reflections from a Poll Observer (Blog) 6/8/2012 As I wrote earlier this week, I was in Wisconsin on Tuesday to observe the recall election. It was a long day, but very exciting to bear witness to democracy at work.
Poll Watching in Wisconsin (Blog) 6/5/2012 More than 160 Wisconsin League volunteers are out in force as election observers while voters decide the outcome of the recall election for Governor Scott Walker and other officials.