Voting Rights Act: Remember, Celebrate and Protect (Blog) 8/6/2012 Editorial Note: This piece was first published on my Huffington Post Blog. 47 years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law to prevent voter discrimination.
Honoring and Celebrating the Passage of the Voting Rights Act (Blog) 8/6/2012 Forty-seven years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the historic Voting Rights Act (VRA) into law.
New Target in Voter ID Battle: 1965 Voting Rights Act (News Clips) 8/3/2012 “A landmark federal law used to block the adoption of state voter identification cards and other election rules now faces unprecedented legal challenges.”
Voting Never Gets Old for these Centenarians (News Clips) 8/3/2012 “Ida Silverstein, a volunteer at Seven Acres for the past 15 years, helps residents vote, although she hastens to add that she cannot advise them how to vote or tell them how she plans to vote. ...…
Witnesses Say [PA] State Isn't Ready for Voter-ID Rule (News Clips) 8/3/2012 “Janice Horn, retired librarian and board member of League of Women Voters, testified she went to a PennDOT office in her home county of Clarion and found it staffed by a contract worker who said she…
[PA] Voter ID Day 6: Voter Confusion about New Law Rampant (News Clips) 8/3/2012 “Kicking off today’s testimony was Olivia Thorne, president of the League of Women Voters (LWV) of Pennsylvania and a 35-year member of the organization. The LWV is an organizational plaintiff in the…
League of Women Voters of Washington Launches VOTE411.org (News Clips) 7/31/2012 “As Primary Election ballots hit mailboxes, The League of Women Voters of Washington announced the launch of the nonpartisan election resource VOTE411.org. ... Nationally, the League of Women Voters…
Redistricting Measure a Safe Bet for November Ballot (News Clips) 7/31/2012 “With 750,000 signatures ... the coalition of good-government groups like the League of Women Voters seeking a constitutional amendment to change Ohio’s seriously messed-up system for drawing…
Vt. Secretary of State Touts Voter Registration (News Clips) 7/31/2012 “Condos says that in Vermont, he'll be working with the League of Women Voters and other groups to encourage registration and voting.”
League of Women Voters to Conduct Youth Voter Registration (News Clips) 7/31/2012 "The League of Women Voters of South Bend [IN] will conduct a voter registration, but with a twist. It's for students who are taking summer government and economics classes at Adams High…