AFFORDABLE CARE ACT RULED CONSTITUTIONAL (Press Release) 6/28/2012 Supreme Court Decision Protects Health Care for Millions of Americans
LWVUS and LWVFL File Amicus Brief Challenging FL Voter Purge (Article) 6/27/2012 The Flordia League, with the LWVUS and the Brennan Center, filed this amicus brief in support of the US Department of Justice suit challenging the illegal and inaccurate voter purge initiated by th
Thank YOU for Telling the EPA to Protect People, Not Polluters! (Blog) 6/27/2012 Over 2 months ago, we asked you to submit comments to the EPA in support of their proposed regulation to limit carbon pollution from new power plants. We surpassed TWO million comments!
Petition on How Districts Are Drawn Faring Well (News Clips) 6/26/2012 “...the effort to overhaul how Ohio draws its legislative and congressional districts is on track to submit more than 386,000 voter signatures by the July 4 deadline, said Ann Henkener of the League…
New Hampshire Governor Vetoes GOP Voter ID Bill (News Clips) 6/26/2012 “New Hampshire’s Democratic governor vetoed a voting law passed by the state’s Republican-controlled legislature today, saying it ‘would put into place a photo identification system that is far more…
Florida Voter Registration Law Challenged (News Clips) 6/26/2012 “An attorney representing Florida told a federal three-judge panel in Washington on Thursday that the state may withdraw its request for judicial approval of the registration limits, part of a 2011…
MORE THAN 2 MILLION COMMENTS SUPPORTING EPA PROTECTIONS AGAINST CARBON POLLUTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE COLLECTED (Press Release) 6/22/2012 The League and a broad coalition of groups supporting clean air safeguards announced they have collected more than two million comments in support of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA)…
Purged Voters Sue Florida (News Clips) 6/21/2012 “Five separate organizations and two individual Florida voters have filed suit in U.S. District Court, claiming that the state's controversial voter purge program is discriminatory. The suit,…
U.S. Senate Rejects Threat to Clean Air Act (Blog) 6/21/2012 Last week we told you about an attempt by Senator Jim Inhofe and a vocal minority that would have eliminated an histo
Put 'Voters First' When Redistricting (News Clips) 6/20/2012 “'Voters First' advocate Ann Henkener, Redistricting Specialist for the League of Women Voters of Ohio, ... explained the 'Voters First' initiative that proposes 'to take the…