News Clips

"'Are you trying to get registered to vote?' Ruth Dixon asks a student venturing shyly toward the League of Women Voters of Alameda’s table in the quad at St. Joseph Notre Dame High School at the end of a noisy lunchtime rush. When the 17-year-old student nods, Dixon whisks her into a chair and hands her a pen and a voter registration form."

... For those who believe that identification requirements are not a barrier to voting, I ask that you consider the callers League of Women Voters talks to every election day. They include the man we helped on the day of the last primary election who is homeless and does not have access to his documents.

"What Is Issue 2? Issue 2 is a reform effort led by the League of Women Voters, CommonCause Ohio, Ohio Citizen Action, and the NAACP. Issue 2 would take the power over redistricting out of the hands of the politicians and put it in the hands of the people."

“'If someone is not registered yet, come Monday it’s going to be too late for them,' said Ashton Stewart, executive director of the League of Women Voters of New York City."

"Jayme Montgomery wasn't messing around. As state director of the Wisconsin League of Young Voters, she asked a small gathering of Mount Mary College students at a voter registration forum to cast ballots on the issues most important to them. ... In order to vote, students had to show ID.... 'I bring up the voter ID because I think it provides a concrete way that the vote is suppressed,' she said .... 'Politics is about choices, getting choices and decisions made,' she said. 'You either decide, or it will be decided for you.'"

"The League of Women Voters-Princeton Area [NJ] is holding an event to celebrate its 80th Anniversary with a performance portraying Alice Paul, a key leader of the movement that secured the right to vote for women in the United States."

"Claire Wilson, director of Voter Outreach for the Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office, conducted two voter information workshops in Park Rapids last week. ... The Park Rapids League of Women Voters arranged for Wilson to speak with Park Rapids and Menahga school seniors and with new voters."

"'Our voters guide has over 50 ballot races discussed in it, and the most important ones for people to pay attention to in my opinion are the judicial races and the State Board of Education,' said Susan Morrison, who sits on the state board of the League of Women Voters of Texas."

"By a landslide, we elect to offer bouquets of gratitude to the League of Women Voters and San Luis Obispo High School for assisting with last Friday’s Lois Capps/Abel Maldonado forum at The Tribune. League member Marguerite Bader did a superb job as moderator, while other members of the efficient team collected and sorted questions..."