Election Laws (News Clips) 7/12/2012 “FLORIDA'S state primary is a month away, the presidential election is four months off and the Palm Beach County League of Women Voters (LWV) is busy. During the lunch rush at JFK Medical Centre…
League of Women Voters and Rock the Vote Get Back to Work in Florida (News Clips) 6/6/2012 “...the League of Women Voters of Florida and Rock the Vote will get back to work registering voters, the groups announced Wednesday. ... ‘Failure was never an option in this battle against voter…
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.
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…
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.
New Curbs on Voter Registration Could Hurt Obama (News Clips) 4/26/2012 “In Wisconsin, new laws require licensing for anyone who registers someone else to vote, and the rules for licensing vary in the state's 1,800 municipalities. ... “That could mean a volunteer…
League's Voter Registration Drive Is a Success (News Clips) 4/3/2012 "Increasing informed voter turnout 20 percent by 2020 is one of the goals of the League of Women Voters of Chester County. Our league volunteers have been very busy this spring registering…
New Law Discouraging New Voter Sign-Ups (News Clips) 4/3/2012 "A big part of that drop-off is that volunteer groups have stopped doing third-party registration. Third-party registration is when organizations send people into the community carrying…
Voter ID Law Limits Ability of Volunteers to Register Voters in Wisconsin (News Clips) 2/13/2012 “Becoming a U.S. citizen and registering to vote in Wisconsin used to hand in hand. But thanks to the state's new voter ID law, that's no longer the case.”
Increasing Youth Vote Critical in 2012 (Press Release) 7/6/2011 Three Local Leagues Recognized for Outstanding Youth Engagement