Action Alert
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High School Voter Registration Training Manual: 2nd Edition
This comprehensive training manual has been updated for 2013 and provides a step-by-step guide to help you develop winning high school voter registration programs and encourage young people to register and vote.
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National Voter Registration Day 2013 Celebration in New York City
LWVUS President Elisabeth MacNamara's remarks on National Voter Registration Day 2013.
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Blog
Another Slam Dunk on National Voter Registration Day
| MaggieQuestion: What do Pearl Jam, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the Arab American Institute and the Georgia Teen Republicans have in common?
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A New Citizen: A New Voter
| Yancy JimenezI became a U.S. Citizen on September 19, 2013. There were 45 others with me on that day at the immigration office in Fairfax, VA. They came from 25 different countries.
I immigrated here in 1984 – and have had the right to become a citizen for more than 20 years, but I've struggled with the concepts of citizenship and identity; cultural and political, so taking the oath on that day was a long time coming. I was very emotional, excited and full of pride.
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It's National Voter Registration Day!
| Jeanette SenecalToday is National Voter Registration Day, a nationwide effort to register thousands of voters on one single day! Last year over 300,000 new voters were registered on National Voter Registration Day alone. And this year, we’re thrilled to announce that even more partners, including more League of Women Voters volunteer teams, are out registering voters in their communities.
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Press Release
League of Women Voters Urges Presidential Commission on Election Administration to Support Five-Point Agenda
| StephanieIn a statement submitted before the Presidential Commission on Election Administration, the League of Women Voters of the United States urged the commission to improve the polling place experience.
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Statement by The League of Women Voters of the United States to the Presidential Commission on Election Administration
The League submitted a statement to the Presidential Commission on Election Administration outlining the five key suggestions the League proposes for improving the polling place experience for voters.
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'We the People': Celebrating Constitution Day and Registering New Voters
| Elisabeth MacNamaraEDITORIAL NOTE: This blog was originally published on the Huffington Post.
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New Report Lays out Election Improvement Agenda; Cites Needed Improvements for Better Elections in 2014 and Beyond
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New Report Lays out Election Improvement Agenda
With Election 2012 in the rear-view mirror and 2014—and 2016—looming soon, the League of Women Voters recently released our comprehensive Election Improvement Agenda report, which identifies central challenges facing our complex and outdated election system and provides a targeted action plan for overcoming the fallout from recent state-based voter suppression attempts and the Supreme Court ruling gutting the Voting Rights Act.
