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.
League of Women Voters Running Ad about Super Pacs (News Clips) 6/7/2012 “The League of Women Voters chose Maine and Tennessee as the only states where the ads will run, believing senators in the two states are ‘key actors’ in congressional decisions on campaign finance…
Low Student Turnout Recorded in [WI] Recall Election (News Clips) 6/7/2012 “Wisconsin’s League of Women Voters also reported ‘widespread’ problems with the residency law at polling places across the state, according to Executive Director Andrea Kaminski. ... Carolyn Castore…
Tell Us Where the Money Comes from (News Clips) 6/6/2012 “The League of Women Voters of New Hampshire decries the current state of political financing in our nation. Rather than focusing on the concerns of voters, campaigns focus too heavily on raising…
Young and Black Voters Turnout in Wisconsin Despite Suppression Efforts (News Clips) 6/6/2012 “Young voters and African-American voters did more than their part to show up, according to exit polls and early reports, despite significant efforts to confuse and challenge them from groups that…
League of Women Voters and Rock the Vote Get Back to Work in Florida (News Clips) 6/6/2012 “...the League of Women Voters of Florida and Rock the Vote will get back to work registering voters, the groups announced Wednesday. ... ‘Failure was never an option in this battle against voter…
Florida Judge Strikes a Blow for Voters (News Clips) 6/5/2012 “I count members of the League of Women Voters among my political heroes. Year after year, the League does some of the most important work of our democracy.”
New Voters Sign up (News Clips) 6/5/2012 “A major focus of the League of Women Voters of Greater Rockford is the registration of new voters. ... This year the League registered 492 area students.”
LWV-US In Action on Campaign Finance (Article) 5/31/2012 The Campaign Finance Task Force has completed an informational paper that covers a brief history of LWV action on campaign finance, what the LWV has done, is doing now and what Leagues can also do.
Austin [TX] League of Women Voters Endorses 10-1 Geographic Representation (News Clips) 5/31/2012 “The League of Women Voters spent a year studying how city council members are elected, and looking at what happened in other large cities that changed from an at-large system to one that was fully…