Educating Voters [in Topeka, KS] (News Clips) 5/8/2012 “The League of Women Voters works on principles of equality and respect, and [is] determine[d] to educate voters based on facts. We face an immense election cycle now and will be applying nonpartisan…
More Work Needed to Protect Clean Air (News Clips) 5/8/2012 Melanie Ramey of the Wisconsin League: “We in Wisconsin can be grateful that the Environmental Protection Agency recently issued national regulations... Congress made a promise to us when it passed…
CT Poised to Increase Voter Access in New England (News Clips) 5/8/2012 “Gone will be the arbitrary deadline, according to Cheryl Dunson, president of the League of Women Voters of Connecticut. Instead of having to register seven days before the election, the measure…
League of Women Voters Encourage Students to Vote (News Clips) 5/3/2012 “The League of Women Voters updated students about the upcoming elections and registered first-time voters in a visit to campus [Pasadena City College, CA] on Tuesday. Volunteers from the…
Money in Elections – What the League is Doing (Blog) 5/3/2012 Special interest money in elections has been a problem for years. The issue was magnified by the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.
League of Women Voters [TX] Debut New Voters Guide on Website (News Clips) 5/2/2012 “On Friday, the League of Women Voters will introduce a new online Voters Guide for the upcoming primary election. It will be available at VOTE411, a website originally developed by the national LWV.”
Judge Won’t Put Fla. Congressional Map on Hold (News Clips) 5/1/2012 "Florida can hold congressional elections under the Legislature's new redistricting map this year, a judge ruled Monday shortly after the Justice Department approved that plan as well as…
Smackdown Your Vote! – League of Women Voters (News Clips) 4/30/2012 “Smackdown Your Vote! is a non-partisan effort supported by World Wrestling Entertainment, League of Women Voters, Rock the Vote, Project Vote Smart... Its purpose is to involve young people in the…
Teenagers Come of Age, Register to Vote (News Clips) 4/26/2012 “Maggie Duncan, Elections Program Manager...of the League of Women Voters said, “In 2008, young voters turned out in higher numbers than in the past. However, less than half of all 18 year olds were…
FL Supreme Court Suggests It Will Take Limited Look at Senate Redistricting Map (News Clips) 4/26/2012 “The court has until May 14 to review the legislature’s second attempt at drawing its redistricting maps and if the court rejects it this time, the justices must propose a fix.”