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Community Leaders:
Donna Godar
Melissa Ford
Phone:
(515) 236-8731
League ID:
IA422
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Leagues Speak Out on Restoring the Voting Rights Act
Leagues across the country have been helping to build public support for restoring the effectiveness of the Voting Rights Act by submitting this template letter to the editor to local or state newspapers. Below is the growing list of Leagues that have already published the letter in their communities.
- The Union, Nevada County, CA (LWV of Western Nevada County, CA)
- The Baltimore Sun (LWV of Mayland)
- South Bend Tribune (LWV of the South Bend Area)
- Buffalo News (LWV of Buffalo/Niagara, NY)
- Cap Times (LWV of Dane County)
- Claremont Courier (LWV of Claremont Area)
- The Commons Online (Brattleboro, VT)
- MySuburbanLife.com (Downers Grove, Illinois)
- The Tennessean (LWV of Tennessee)
- The Daily Times (LWV of Delaware County, PA)
- The Foster Folly News (LWV of Florida)
- The Herald Dispatch (Huntington, WV)
- Lehigh Valley Live (LWV of Northampton County, PA)
- Ames Tribue (LWV of Iowa & LWV of Ames, IA)
- Montrose Daily Press
- Ames Tribune (LWV of Iowa)
- Observer and Eccentric Newspapers and Hometown Weeklies (LWV of NW Wayne County, MI)
- timesunion.com (LWV of Albany County, NY)
- Homewood-Flossmoor Patch (LWV of Homewood-Flossmoor Area, IL)
- Billings Gazette (LWV of Montana)
- Battleboro Reformer (LWV of Southeast Vermont)
- Carlise Mosquito (LWV of Concord-Carlisle, MA)
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League of Women Voters: Iowa must be vigilant to keep elections free - Ames Tribune
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Longtime 'League' member takes voting to heart
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Focus on Iowa Justices' Performance, Not Politics...
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Blog
Enthusiasm Builds for Future of the League: MLD Program Trains 4 States in 4 Weeks
By: Sara SandersThis summer, the Membership and Leadership Development (MLD) program is providing training to local and state League leaders from nine states that are entering the program for the first time ever. After a wonderful financial out-pouring of support for the MLD program at the LWVUS Convention in June 2012, Cheryl, Carol, Kelly, and I (the League trainers for the MLD program) have been met with enthusiasm for the program and for the future of the League.
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Powering the League as we Power the Vote
By: Cheryl GraeveAs part of the LWVUS team that is going out this summer to train Leagues through the, Membership and Leadership Development program, which is designed to help strengthen the League as we power the vote, I am so inspired by the League leaders we're meeting who are passionate about protecting the right to vote and active in mobilizing citizens to take back the helm of our democracy.
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Voter ID Laws: Where We Stand after State Legislative Sessions
By: Tim O'BrienThe League and its allies were successful in keeping voter ID bills from passing in a number of states including Colorado, Delaware, Iowa, Maine, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon and Virginia. Only Kansas, Pennsylvania and Tennessee have passed voter photo ID laws that are currently in effect. In retrospect, thanks to the Leagues ongoing work, we are better off than we had anticipated when the legislative sessions began!
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LEAGUE OF CEDAR RAPIDS/MARION HOSTS FORUM ON JUDICIAL RETENTION
Date: April 21, 2012
Location: 10-11 AM, the Hallagan Center at Mercy Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Event: Panel Discussion
The League of Women Voters of Cedar Rapids/Marion, Iowa, hosted a forum entitled “Judicial Retention: Who Does What and When." Panelists included former Chief Justice David Baker of the Iowa Supreme Court, now a member of the 6th Judicial District Nominating Commission for the Iowa Supreme Court and the Iowa Court of Appeals; Judge Van Zimmer, Court of Appeals; and Cedar Rapids attorney Steve Pace, who served from 2006-2011 as a member of the Judicial Nominating Commission for the Iowa Supreme Court and Iowa Court of Appeals. The goal of the forum was to help explain the sometimes unknown and misunderstood process of selecting judges in Iowa. The forum was free and open to the public.State: -
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State League Coaches Leave Training Energized and Ready to Grow the League!
By: Sara SandersThe Regional Training for LWV State Coaches this past weekend was a great success! Thirty League leaders from 9 states (mostly in the central region of the United States) gathered with LWVUS board, staff, and 8 of the 23 Ruth S. Shur Fellows in Houston, TX from April 13-15, 2012.
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News Clips
In Iowa, Few Women Get Elected