Florida

Gov. Rick Scott made an executive order to withdraw from the Common Core's Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) test and develop a new test for Florida.

In 2010, Floridians issued a direct edict to their elected leaders: End the political gamesmanship that has surrounded the drawing of voting-district lines for decades.

For the past few years, citizens have been dodging some pretty bad ideas: cutbacks in voting rights, splitting the Florida Supreme Court in two, and lifting the ban on oil drilling within 10 miles

Our Youth Voter Registration Program kicked off in nearly 40 communities nationwide. We will visit high schools, community colleges and vocational schools to help young people register to vote.

From organizing protests and petition drives to filing lawsuits and writing legislative testimony, a look at how the League of Women Voters has helped protect voting rights in 2013.

State and local Leagues throughout the country have been working with government agencies, health care providers and advocates to get the word out to the American people on the Affordable Care Act and its pivotal impact on their lives.

Deirdre Mcnab, president of the League of Women Voters of Florida writes about how the problems at the polls on Election Day 2012 resulted in the recent changes in Florida's election laws, including increased early voting.