National Voter articles from January 2003

National Voter archives from January 2003

Feedback.(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2003... FROM OUR READERS We want to hear from you. Send your comments, observations, questions and criticisms by mail, fax or e-mail to: The National Voter c/o League of Women Voters, 1730 M St., NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20036-4508. Fax:...

2002--a historic year. (Out Front).
January 1, 2003... Two thousand and two was an extraordinary year for the League. Some analysts say that the 107th Congress didn't accomplish very much, but this was an exceptional year for several issues about which the League cares deeply. Last spring,...

How League lobbies.(and related article)
January 1, 2003... As Webster's dictionary defines it, to advocate is to plead in favor of. Practiced on the political landscape, advocacy involves making phone calls, writing letters and sending e-mails, working in coalitions, testifying before committees,...

Election reform: what's next?
January 1, 2003... After the 2000 elections, the Florida legislature quickly authorized $32 million to purchase new voting systems with high hopes for redemption in the 2002 elections. What did this investment buy them? What should have been a triumphant...

Election Day 2002: an insider's view.
January 1, 2003... In October 2001, I was selected to be Substitute Member of the Mont gomery County (Maryland) Board of Elections by the MC Democratic Central Committee, the political body in the county that submits names to the Governor for such appointments....

International. (News from M Street).
January 1, 2003... An exciting workshop entitled Telling A New Story: Americans and Global Issues was held in Washington, DC from November 13-15. Funded by the Global Interdependence Initiative (GII) of the Aspen Institute, the workshop utilized GII research on...

Good news! (News from M Street).
January 1, 2003... The unused national office space has been subleased! The subtenants are E.B. Advanced, P.C., an engineering firm, and Council on Hemispheric Affairs, a non-profit/nonpartisan research group. New publications: Navigating Election Day: What...

LWVUS position update.
January 1, 2003... The Presidential Selection Update Taskforce chair, Xandra Kayden, and members, Edith Dallinger (IN), Judie Hoffman (IA), Carolie Mullin (TX), Lu Pierson (MD) and Carol Smith (FL), will meet in January and June 2003 and also communicate by...

New League partnership. (News from M Street).
January 1, 2003... By the People (BTP), sponsored by MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, is a 16-month project to engage citizens in a dialogue concerning "America in the World" through local and national venues. The goal of BTP is to focus on the two questions that most...

International. (Leagues in Action).
January 1, 2003... A capacity crowd at the Briefings on the Status of Human Rights for Women Around the World (held at the United Nations on October 8, 2002, sponsored by the LWVNYS and the LWVNYC) heard Jane Connors, Chief of Women's Rights, UN Division on the...

DNet. (Leagues in Action).(League of Women Voters)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... The LWV of Mercer County, PA reached out to their area high schools. They visited the schools, talked about DNet, and gave students an opportunity to log onto the site. They also brought along an electronic voting machine so that the students...

Free air time campaign. (Leagues in Action).
January 1, 2003... Leagues in Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New Jersey, South Carolina, and Los Angeles, CA, were busy this past fall educating voters about the free air time campaign. LWVUS President Kay Maxwell participated in two of the...

Mock elections. (Leagues in Action).(National Student Parent Mock Election )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Many state and local Leagues participated in the fall student mock elections sponsored by the National Student Parent Mock Election group and AOL. The LWV of Wisconsin reports that more than 150,000 students from over 500 public, private,...

Membership building. (Leagues in Action).(new chapters and members for League of Women Voters)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... This past fall, League members across the country reached out and invited new members by "SOARing Together" (Successful Outreach And Recruitment). Campaign components including: Simultaneously done at all League levels, One New Member added per...

New league.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... We welcome and congratulate the LWV of Upper Iowa, IA. The co-presidents are Carolyn Corbin (c_corbin2000@yahoo.com) and Wanda Gardner (gardnerdecpublib@hotmail.com)

Martha T. Mills: A celebration of life. (Noteworthy).
January 1, 2003... Martha T. Mills, a 37-year veteran of the League of Women Voters staff, died in September 2002. Her gifts to the League are legion, starting when she joined the staff in March 1952 as a program specialist on national government issues. From...

In memoriam.(Percy Maxim Lee, League of Women Voters Education Fund)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Percy Maxim Lee, the 5th LWVUS President, passed away on November 9, 2002. She served as president for four terms (1950-1958). Mrs. Lee was also founder and trustee of the LWVEF, and served as president of the Overseas Education Fund of the...

Paul Wellstone: democracy's mentor.
January 1, 2003... When I think of my friend Paul Wellstone, two things stand out. First was his ability to see and inspire the best in young people. Second was his constant passion for full, participatory democracy--the right of each person to have a say in who...

The League in Africa: the beginning of a longlasting relationship.(Woman Power in Politics: Building Grassroots Democracy in Africa)
January 1, 2003... The League's three-year program, Woman Power in Politics: Building Grassroots Democracy in Africa, was completed in December 2002. This program was inaugurated in 1999 by the League of Women Voters Education Fund (LWVEF) in partnership with the...

Navigating the LWVUS Web site. (Good Bytes).(League of Women Voters)
January 1, 2003... LWVUS has had a Web site since 1997, but a reorganized and revamped LWVUS Web site (www.lwv.org) was launched in November 1999. That site has not changed very much in appearance since then, but it was further improved in 2001 with the addition...

Free air time--the next step in campaign finance reform. (At Issue).
January 1, 2003... A few generations ago, Will Rogers said that "it costs so much to run for office, you can't even afford to lose." His quip rings even more true today--and nothing in the campaign finance reform bill that Congress passed last year will make...

New Congress, new challenges. (Hill Bulletin).
January 1, 2003... This 108th Congress confronts a host of issues including the sluggish economy, health care, reauthorization of the 1996 welfare reform and reproductive choice. Quick passage of domestic spending bills (including funding for election...

Accessible voting for all. (Sounding Off).(The Help America Vote Act)
January 1, 2003... President Bush recently signed "The Help America Vote Act" into law. This new election reform legislation requires that accessible voting equipment be available in every polling place across the nation. Voters who are blind or have low vision...