Right Now: Voices of the League

  • South Carolina League increasing judicial diversity

    By: LWV

    On Friday, the League of Women Voters of South Carolina launched an ambitious project to increase diversity in the South Carolina courts. Between a keynote address calling for judicial independence and accountability and an important reminder that achieving independence, accountability and diversity will take time and effort from Bert Brandenburg of Justice At Stake, three diverse panels of legislators and academics discussed the issues facing the justice system in South Carolina.

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  • Ohio League on front lines for voters and fair elections

    By: LWV

    The day I spent in the Cleveland area this week was action packed with a live radio talk show, an editorial board meeting and a great meeting with Cuyahoga county election officials. Then it was on to Columbus where I had a front row seat for the taping of a debate between two candidates for Ohio's supreme court. It was a real pleasure to see that both candidates are women. The taping was at the public television studios on the campus of Ohio State.

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  • Troubled Cleveland gets a new county government

    By: LWV

    It's early in the morning in Cleveland, Ohio. Lake Erie, the Browns stadium and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame are just a few blocks away. At dinner last night League members in the Cleveland area shared their hall of fame activities. Cuyahoga County government has been beset with ethics issues rising to the level of criminal prosecutions. The League, however, has risen above the fray and worked, successfully, to recreate a new county government structure.

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  • Wisconsin: elections and voting take center stage

    By: LWV

    Whew! I arrived in Madison, Wisconsin late Thursday evening and by noon Friday, I had talked with the head of the state government accountability board, taped an interview for Wisconsin Eye, and spoken with a reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper. Oh, did I mention that on the way to a League training, I spoke to a reporter in Wichita, Kansas about voter ID?

    But the highlight of the day was the afternoon with League members talking and training about membership and leadership.

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  • Inspiration in Colorado!

    By: LWV

    Don't call it the Governor's mansion in Colorado. It is the Governor's residence. But whatever name it is called, the residence is beautiful and the League of Women Voters of Colorado's 90th Anniversary event on Thursday night was wonderful. The League filled the residence with members and supporters. Former National President Carolyn Jefferson Jenkins summed up the League's history by reminding us of the call to action for the second annual (yes annual) convention and by listing all the issues that the League has studied since 1920. What an act to follow!

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  • League celebrates 90th with Rocky Mountains as backdrop

    By: LWV

    We visited the Capitol after an informative meeting with Colorado's Secretary of State. The tone here is sure different than Texas, but some of the proposed amendments to Colorado's constitution would be right at home in the Lone Star State. Since I was still wearing my LWVUS nametag, we got an even more cordial welcome from the volunteer tour guides at the Capitol than usual (which is saying something). Good information on state history is a great preparation for talking about the League's 90th anniversary at the Governor's Mansion tonight.

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