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If you aren't registered, are new to the area or have moved since the last election, take advantage of this opportunity to register locally.

To help counter growing national concern about “voter suppression,” local leagues are holding voter registration days to assist citizens to get registered to vote in the next elections.

For the Nov. 5 Constitutional Amendment Election, voters will be asked to approve nine amendments to the Texas Constitution.

BRADENTON -- Should Manatee County adopt charter government? 20 florida counties currently use the charter form of government, including many right here in southwest Florida.

The League of Women Voters has joined the chorus of those who don't see much improvement between Florida's purge of non-citizens last year and Gov.

For the past few years, citizens have been dodging some pretty bad ideas: cutbacks in voting rights, splitting the Florida Supreme Court in two, and lifting the ban on oil drilling within 10 miles

To help Texas voters cast an informed ballot, the LWV-Texas Education Fund provides helpful, nonpartisan information on both the proposed constitutional amendments and the election process.

In September the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed standards for controlling carbon pollution from new power plants.

Are you registered to vote?

An estimated 6 million Americans failed to vote in 2008 because they did not know how to register or they missed their state's deadline to register.