Where are the Female Candidates? (News Clips) 3/24/2014 Kohout began participating with the League of Women Voters of Door County on the “Observer Corps,” where a person sits in on various County Board and committee meetings and simply watches and liste
Forum: League of Women Voters celebrates Sunshine Week (News Clips) 3/24/2014 We all have the right to know what our government is doing, both its successes and failures. Exercising our right to know gives us, the public, power.
Don't be a Spectator in your Democracy (News Clips) 3/24/2014 But I do know this about the weather: We could still use more sunshine — in government at least.
After Ruling, Alabama Joins 2 States in Moving to Alter Voting Rules (News Clips) 3/24/2014 Alabama says it plans to move ahead with a requirement for potential voters to show concrete proof of citizenship, in the first sign of a wider impact from a court decision on Wednesday ordering a
Khayat, Former Ole Miss Chancellor, Speaks in Biloxi (News Clips) 3/24/2014 The main message was respect and teamwork when Robert Khayat spoke to the Mississippi Gulf Coast League of Women Voters at a luncheon Thursday afternoon at the IP Casino Resort.
League Urges Representatives to Co-Sponsor H.R. 270 (Legal Document) 3/24/2014 The League joined with reform groups to ask Representatives to Co-Sponsor H.R. 270, the Empowering Citizens Act.
Celebrating Voter Registration Wins and Utah’s Colorful Suffrage Past (Blog) 3/24/2014 Utah was the second territory to grant women the right to vote in 1870. Like it or not, polygamy did play a part in suffrage in Utah.
Registering to Vote in Kansas and Arizona Just Got More Difficult (News Clips) 3/21/2014 Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (John Hanna/ AP) A federal judge on Wednesday sided with two states that want to force new voters to prove they are citizens, over a federal elections commi
Arizona, Kansas Win Case on Voter Citizenship Requirement (News Clips) 3/20/2014 Arizona and Kansas can require anyone registering to vote by mail to provide proof of U.S. citizenship, a federal judge said in a loss for the Obama administration and minority-rights advocates.