Recently added articles from National Voter:
Engaging new voters.(OUT FRONT)
Feb 01, 2009; ... What a magnificent election season the League had! Thanks to all League members and supporters who made our work a success for the people for whom it really matters--the voters. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] And now, as many of you have already heard me say, the real work ...
New Year greetings from M Street!(NEWS FROM M STREET)
Feb 01, 2009; ... 2008 was an incredibly busy and rewarding year for us here at the national office, and 2009 holds much promise! In this Voter, we have included a special article highlighting our myriad, extremely successful Election 2008 activities. Apropos of this, I'd like to commend the ...
Barbara Stuhler's continuing legacy.
Feb 01, 2009 ... We reported the passing of Barbara Stuhler, historian, author, educator and civic leader, in the June 2007 Voter. Stuhler served as an LWVUS/EF Board member from 1958-1964, after serving on the LWVMN Board of Directors for four years. She remained a steadfast supporter and booster of all ...
Biggest winner in election 2008: democracy! Biggest winner in 2009: league?(MEMBERSHIP)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Election 2008 will enjoy an enduring place in our nation's history for many reasons. Among League members, it is likely to be "historic" because of the amazing and passionate display of civic engagement. People--many of whom don't usually participate in the process--were waiting in long ...
Meet the staff.
Feb 01, 2009 ... We are pleased to welcome and introduce Cyndie Cota, Sergio Espana and Angela Warner. Cyndie Cota, executive assistant, supports the LWVUS president, Board and executive management at the national office. She provides administrative and logistical support for special events and ...
Examining: "redistribution of wealth".
Feb 01, 2009; ... Redistribution of wealth was all the rage following a five-minute encounter between then presidential candidate Barak Obama and Ohio plumber Joe Wurzelbacher on October 12, 2008. Candidate Obama told Wurzelbacher that "my attitude is that if the economy's good for folks from the bottom up, ...
Restoring American civic participation.
Feb 01, 2009; ... Thanks in part to the League of Women Voters' hard work, voter participation among American citizens has increased for three consecutive presidential elections. Preliminary numbers indicate that in 2008 approximately 131 million Americans (61.6 percent of those eligible to vote) cast a ...
Education fund.(LEAGUE MATTERS)
Feb 01, 2009 ... GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY The LWVEF has received a second grant from the Herb Block Foundation to expand the League's work on government transparency and accountability by undertaking Freedom of Information (FOI) audits in 10 communities nationwide this spring ....
Advocacy.
Feb 01, 2009 ... Through the 2008 election season and the lame-duck session that followed, LWVUS President Mary Wilson, the LWVUS Advocacy staff and the Lobby Corps continued to work on the priorities for the 110th Congress set by the LWVUS Board. On election administration, prior to Election ...
The League in action: election 2008 and beyond.
Feb 01, 2009; ... The League of Women Voters has a long, successful history of voters' service activities, from purely educational activities to those focused on defending voting rights. The controversial results from Florida in the 2000 presidential election provided the catalyst for the push to reform the ...
Voter protection: the work continues.(STEP UP AND DO YOUR PART!)
Feb 01, 2009 ... The League's voter protection work isn't over simply because the 2008 election is over. Leagues will be hard at work in 2009 to help protect the voting rights of historically marginalized populations. The following Leagues have their plans in place to step up and protect voting rights and ...
Hill Bulletin.
Feb 01, 2009; ... Please note that the League's priority issues for 2009 will be set at the LWVUS Board of Directors meeting in the last week of January, after this issue has been printed and mailed. Because The National Voter is published just three times yearly, we strongly urge you to check the League ...
Restoring economic diplomacy.(SOUNDING OFF)
Feb 01, 2009; ... In his campaign, President Barack Obama promised to revive American diplomacy to ease political tensions and security threats around the world. But the global economic and financial turmoil requires that the President restore economic diplomacy as well. Just as Americans are looking for ...
Why you should care.(OUT FRONT.)(on requiring voters to present IDs when voting)
Oct 01, 2008; ... I keep hearing people say "Why shouldn't a voter be required to show ID at the polls? After all, I have to show ID to cash a check at the grocery store." League members, everywhere, please, please help me explain to the public why an ID requirement for voters is a BARRIER to ...
Greetings from M street!(NEWS FROM M STREET)
Oct 01, 2008; ... We returned reenergized from a fruitful Convention 2008 in Portland. And now, as our Web site splash page counts down to November 4, our activity level is high and mainly focused on Election Day and the predicted huge voter turnout. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Although I ...
A call to action: get-out-the-vote & bring in new members.(FIELD SUPPORT/MEMBERSHIP)(on voter education and attracting new members to the League of Women Voters)
Oct 01, 2008; ... When I moved to San Francisco, dozens of issues were being settled at the ballot box and each had supporters and opponents with strident, contradictory campaign materials. I struggled to find unbiased analysis and, for the first time in my life, I considered not voting because I felt so ...
Communications.(services of the League of Women Voters' Communications Department)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2008 ... As the general election approaches, the League's Communications Department continues to reach out to diverse media outlets and leverage existing partnerships to spread the word about the wide range of our election work. We also continue to receive and respond to an escalating number of ...
Meet the staff.
Oct 01, 2008 ... We welcome Manuela Campbell and Amber Steinmetz who joined our office in June. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Manuela Campbell, LWVEF Global Democracy specialist, supports the Global Democracy program and helps coordinate the Open World Civic Hosting program, which enables ...
An open letter to the next President; Agenda for a new Administration.(Cover story)
Oct 01, 2008; ... As the League of Women Voters looks to January 20, 2009, we see hard work ahead for the next President of the United States. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Over the years, America's leaders have allowed crucial problems confronting our country to fester and worsen. Climate ...
Climate change.
Oct 01, 2008 ... What We Must Do: We can protect our communities and the world from the effects of global climate change. But we must act now--before it's too late. We must reduce global warming right now by capping harmful pollution. At the same time, we must aggressively begin cutting ...