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President Urged to Protect Voting Rights
| LWVAppoint Commissioners to Elections Panel
Washington, DC -- Major civil rights and voting rights organizations have called on President Obama to act quickly in appointing new commissioners to the Election Assistance Commission, which is charged with improving the administration of the nation’s elections.
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Elisabeth's Birthday Message 2011
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South Carolina General Assembly Selects New Diverse Judges
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House Set to Repeal Presidential Campaign Finance System
| LWV“American people deserve better,” says League of Women Voters
Washington, DC -- The League of Women Voters today urged members of the U.S. House of Representatives to oppose the move expected this week to eliminate the public financing system for presidential elections.
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Statement from League President on Tragedy in Tucson, AZ
| LWVWashington, DC – "The League of Women Voters joins with all Americans in expressing our shock and dismay at the tragic shootings in Tucson last weekend. We express our deep sorrow to the families of the victims, and offer our sincere hopes for the recovery of Representative Giffords and the other survivors. We applaud the courage of the individuals, thinking they were just out for a Saturday conversation, who took immediate action to help the injured and end the rampage.
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Karen Arnold-Burger Named to Kansas Court of Appeals (Kansas: Topeka Capital-Journal)
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Opinion-editorial: Finding best judges may take awhile (South Carolina - Florence Morning News Opinion)
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Conservative & Taxpayer Groups Join Reformers in Push to Save Office of Congressional Ethics
| LWVCitizen and Reform Groups Call on Speaker-designee Boehner and Majority Leader-designee Cantor to Announce Their Support for Office Of Congressional Ethics and Their Opposition to any Efforts to Weaken or Undermine the Office
Joint Statement of Groups
Our organizations today call on House Speaker-designee John Boehner and House Majority Leader-designee Eric Cantor to announce their support for continuing the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) and their opposition to any efforts to weaken or undermine the Office in the next Congress.
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Speaker-elect Boehner Urged to Keep Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE)
| LWV"You can’t fire the cop and then say you’re against crime," says League of Women Voters
Washington, DC – The League of Women Voters today called on Speaker-elect John Boehner to retain the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) in the upcoming 112th Congress and to maintain the OCE’s duties, powers and structure.