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.
Honoring and Celebrating the Passage of the Voting Rights Act (Blog) 8/6/2012 Forty-seven years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the historic Voting Rights Act (VRA) into law.
Remembering Seneca Falls - Honoring our History (Blog) 7/19/2012 Today marks the 164th anniversary of the start of the Seneca Falls Convention, when 300 people gathered in Seneca Falls, NY to discuss the role of women in American society.
ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDER ADDRESSES VOTING RIGHTS (Press Release) 6/11/2012 League is “Fiercely Committed” to Nation’s Voters, says Holder
Women Voters Elect Man President (News Clips) 6/7/2012 “The League of Women Voters of Litchfield County [CT] made history on Wednesday by electing its first male president. Bernard Harrington of Goshen was selected to head the League...”
93 Years Ago: A stop on the way to women’s suffrage (Blog) 6/4/2012 Ninety-three years ago today, the 19th amendment to the Constitution was passed by Congress an
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.
New Generation Takes the Helm at Asheville–Buncombe League of Women Voters (News Clips) 5/16/2012 “...Karen Oelschlaeger, 27, was unanimously chosen as the new president of the local League, making her one of the youngest League presidents in the history of the organization, and possibly the…
League of Women Voters of Humboldt County [CA] Celebrates Its History Friday (News Clips) 4/19/2012 “‘Different conclusions can be reached by sincere people looking at the same set of facts, but it certainly helps to have good information to start with and a fair forum in which to discuss the…
LWV of Texas and Partners Seek to Block Texas' Discriminatory Photo ID Law (Press Release) 3/23/2012 LWV-TX, ACLU and ACLU of Texas, Advancement Project, Texas Legislative Black Caucus and Civil Rights Activists Seek to Block Texas’ Discriminatory Photo ID Law