Educating Voters [in Topeka, KS] (News Clips) 5/8/2012 “The League of Women Voters works on principles of equality and respect, and [is] determine[d] to educate voters based on facts. We face an immense election cycle now and will be applying nonpartisan…
CT Poised to Increase Voter Access in New England (News Clips) 5/8/2012 “Gone will be the arbitrary deadline, according to Cheryl Dunson, president of the League of Women Voters of Connecticut. Instead of having to register seven days before the election, the measure…
League of Women Voters Encourage Students to Vote (News Clips) 5/3/2012 “The League of Women Voters updated students about the upcoming elections and registered first-time voters in a visit to campus [Pasadena City College, CA] on Tuesday. Volunteers from the…
SC Voter ID Law Painted as Larger Political Picture (News Clips) 5/3/2012 “Some see South Carolina’s voter ID law and other states’ efforts to tighten early voting as less of an attempt to curb voter fraud than some of the earliest volleys in the 2012 presidential race…
Money in Elections – What the League is Doing (Blog) 5/3/2012 Special interest money in elections has been a problem for years. The issue was magnified by the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.
Pa. Voter ID Law Faces Legal Challenge (News Clips) 5/2/2012 “Ten regular voters say Pennsylvania’s new voter identification law will prevent them from voting in this November’s election and they estimate as many as 80,000 to 800,000 Pennsylvanians do not have…
League of Women Voters [TX] Debut New Voters Guide on Website (News Clips) 5/2/2012 “On Friday, the League of Women Voters will introduce a new online Voters Guide for the upcoming primary election. It will be available at VOTE411, a website originally developed by the national LWV.”
Voter ID Suspended for [WI] Recall Elections (News Clips) 5/1/2012 “A pair of appeals court rulings this week make clear the state's new voter ID law will remain suspended through the May and June recall elections.”
Judge Won’t Put Fla. Congressional Map on Hold (News Clips) 5/1/2012 "Florida can hold congressional elections under the Legislature's new redistricting map this year, a judge ruled Monday shortly after the Justice Department approved that plan as well as…
Smackdown Your Vote! – League of Women Voters (News Clips) 4/30/2012 “Smackdown Your Vote! is a non-partisan effort supported by World Wrestling Entertainment, League of Women Voters, Rock the Vote, Project Vote Smart... Its purpose is to involve young people in the…