The Hill (Op-Ed): How H.R. 1 could help more women make history (News Clips) 3/5/2019 Small donor, public matching funds provide an opportunity for candidates to consider running for office who otherwise might not.
Michigan Public Radio: Michigan's political maps go on trial in redistricting lawsuit (News Clips) 2/5/2019 Was the last re-drawing of Michigan’s political district maps so biased in Republicans’ favor, they were illegal? That question literally went on trial Tuesday, with a three-judge panel in Detroit’s…
The Charlotte Observer: With Kennedy gone from Supreme Court, what's next for NC gerrymandering case? (News Clips) 6/29/2018 The League of Women Voters of North Carolina is a plaintiff in a case challenging the state's 13 congressional districts as extreme unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders.
Bustle: March For Our Lives' Gun Control Agenda Is Clear. Now It Needs To Turn Protesters Into Voters. (News Clips) 4/4/2018 "It is safe to say that we have never registered this many people, so early in the year, during a non-presidential election year."
Boston Herald: Election activists push for auto registration (News Clips) 11/12/2017 The League supports automatic voter registration. In Massachusetts, League Executive Director Meryl Kessler calls it, “the next logical step in the modernization of the electoral process”.
Philadelphia Inquirer: In case that could affect 2018 elections, gerrymandering suit can proceed, Pa. high court rules (News Clips) 11/9/2017 The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ordered the Commonwealth Court to decide a gerrymandering lawsuit by the end of the year.
Voters, check the facts behind ads (News Clips) 10/10/2012 "Our local League of Women Voters has taken up the issue of truth in campaign advertising and recently sponsored a community dialogue on the subject. Yet more awareness on the part of the…
League of Women Voters Helps Public with Issues, Candidates (News Clips) 10/10/2012 "With the 2012 election now four weeks away, WKAR’s Mark Bashore checked in with the organization’s Michigan President, Susan Smith."
A Fight for Fair Courts (News Clips) 9/4/2012 "After recent Supreme Court rulings, are states foreclosed from using a public financing system just for judicial elections?"
Speakers at Augusta [ME] Forum Unite against Voter ID Requirements (News Clips) 8/24/2012 “Don’t seek solutions to nonexistent problems. ... During a public forum that stretched more than two hours...roughly 20 speakers shared variations on that refrain with a five-member commission…