Poll Watching in Wisconsin (Blog) 6/5/2012 More than 160 Wisconsin League volunteers are out in force as election observers while voters decide the outcome of the recall election for Governor Scott Walker and other officials.
93 Years Ago: A stop on the way to women’s suffrage (Blog) 6/4/2012 Ninety-three years ago today, the 19th amendment to the Constitution was passed by Congress an
LWV-US In Action on Campaign Finance (Article) 5/31/2012 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.
Austin [TX] League of Women Voters Endorses 10-1 Geographic Representation (News Clips) 5/31/2012 “The League of Women Voters spent a year studying how city council members are elected, and looking at what happened in other large cities that changed from an at-large system to one that was fully…
Urge Senators to Push Campaign Finance Disclosure (News Clips) 5/31/2012 “The League of Women Voters of Tennessee is deeply concerned about the current state of political financing in our nation. Rather than focusing on the concerns of voters, too often campaigns and…
Coalition Challenges [MN] Voter ID Amendment (News Clips) 5/31/2012 “Four groups petitioned the Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday to remove from the November ballot a proposed constitutional amendment requiring voters to present photo IDs at the polls, saying the…
League NGO’s Partner Selected by the Government of Tunisia (Blog) 5/25/2012 As part of our work for the 9th Forum for the Future scheduled to be held in Tunisia in December, I traveled last weekend to Tunis-Carthage to meet NGO leaders.
New Radio Ads Urge Senators to Stop Secret Money, Support Full Disclosure (Press Release) 5/23/2012 Tennessee Senators Alexander and Corker, and Maine Senators Collins and Snowe Urged to Support Disclosure
League of Women Voters Registering LT Students to Vote Wednesday (News Clips) 5/22/2012 “Hoping to start high school students on a lifetime of voting, the League of Women Voters of the La Grange Area [IL] is sponsoring voter registration May 23 at the Lyons Township High School...”
Primary Obstacles Limit SC Voters' Choices (News Clips) 5/22/2012 “Disqualification of many who expected to run for office in South Carolina's 2012 primary elections has shocked both candidates and voters throughout the state.”