The LWV-US Campaign Finance Task Force has compiled a list of the proposed constitutional amendments, which includes a useful table of the proposed amendments and what they address.
The Campaign Finance Task Force has completed an informational paper that covers a brief history of LWV action on campaign finance, what the LWV has done, is doing now and what Leagues can also do.
Dear League Leaders,
We’re off to our LWVUS National Convention in a couple of weeks and I always get charged up at Conventions. What will inspire you?
Congratulations to Mary Fox, 1st LWVUS Alternate UN Observer on her appointment as Chair of the UN's 2012 International Day of Older Persons. This year's program celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Madrid International Plan of Action adopted by the Second World Assembly to respond to the opportunities and challenges of the ageing population in the 21st century.
Dear League Leaders,
I know many of you are new to a League board/team and bewildered! Here is one aspect of a board orientation that might be helpful.
If you are a new president, or just want to be revved up, be sure to come to the workshop offering at Convention, Helpful Hints for New League Presidents, on Monday, June 11 at 7:20 am. You will find things I learned along the way that might not be in your job description.
REPORTING TO THE BOARD
May 23, 2012
TO: Floor Nominees to the LWVUS Board of Directors and Nominating Committee
FROM: Jane Gross, Chair, Campaign Oversight Committee
RE: Campaign Procedures
Since 2001, the League of Women Voters of the United States has worked to promote the importance of fair and impartial courts nationwide.
The League signed on to an amicus brief sent to the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of American Tradition Partnership vs. Montana. The case asks the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the state’s Corrupt Practices Act.
The League joined 13 other civic organizations in solid opposition to S. 1100, the so-called “Keeping Politics Out of Federal Contracting Act.” The letter was sent to Senators Lieberman and Collins, the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.