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League support Continues for Office of Congressional Ethics
The League sent a follow up letter to Speaker Boehner and Minority Leader Pelosi in support of the continued operation of the Office of Congressional Ethics.
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League Continues to Call on President Obama to Fix the FEC
The League and other coalition partners sent a letter to the White House encouraging President Obama to fix the FEC.
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League Signs On to Amicus Brief in Texas Voter Registration Case
Recent changes to Texas law make it extremely difficult for voter registration groups to sign up new voters, violating the First Amendment and the National Voter Registration Act, argues the Brennan Center for Justice in an amicus brief with the League of Women Voters and Rock the Vote. The amicus brief urges the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to block the Texas law and affirm a lower court decision that enjoined the harsh restrictions.
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League to Discuss status of Office of Congressional Ethics
The League joined coalition partners in requesting a meeting with Speaker of the House, John Boehner, to discuss the Office of Congressional Ethics.
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New Member Prospect Letter Template
[DATE]
[NAME]
[ADDRESS]
[ADDRESS]
Dear [NAME],
Thank you for your interest in the League of Women Voters, where hands on work to safeguard democracy leads to civic improvement!
LWV of [YOUR LEAGUE] is an organization where smart, active leaders work to create lasting change in the community. For [NUMBER OF YEAR YOUR LEAGUE ESTABLISHED] years, the members of LWV of [YOUR LEAGUE] have worked to:
[LIST THREE SUCCINCT AND RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS HERE]
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New Member Prospect Letter Template (Election Season)
[DATE]
[NAME]
[ADDRESS]
[ADDRESS]
Dear [NAME],
Thank you for your interest in the League of Women Voters, where hands on work to safeguard democracy leads to civic improvement! This fall, we worked tirelessly to help ensure that everyone in our community was able to vote and that every vote was counted. We were pleased that so many individuals, like you, were engaged in and energized by this historic election season as well.
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League sends letter to U.S. Congress on the "Fiscal Cliff," taxes and the Budget
The League sent a letter to members of the U.S. Congress regarding the current negotiations around the "Fiscal Cliff." The League urges Congress to provide a long-term solution by substantially increasing revenue, protecting the social safety net, reducing defense spending and carefully managing the deficit.
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Facts Matter- Sample Post Election OpEd
Facts Do Matter
Regardless of how you may feel about the outcome of the 2012 elections, it is hard to find any American who loved being inundated by all those campaign ads on television. Wall-to-wall ads, many run by outside groups with innocuous sounding names and secretive donors, especially blanketed those living in battleground states.
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League Welcomes Civil Society and Government Representatives from the BMENA Area to Washington DC
The League of Women Voters and its Tunisian partners—Association des Responsables de Formation et de Gestion Humaine dans les Entreprises (ARFORGHE) and the Tunisian American Chamber of Commerce—welcome civil society representatives from the broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) to Washington, DC, to draft a declaration on issues that are currently impacting civil society, particularly in the areas of women’s empowerment, freedom of expression, and economic governance and entreprenurship.
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Election Day 2012 Op-Ed Template
TEMPLATE OP-ED – ELECTION DAY 2012
Connect and Elect