National Voter articles from October 2006

National Voter archives from October 2006

How healthy is our democracy?
October 1, 2006... In recent years, General Election Day has offered Americans an opportunity to give the "Health of Our Democracy" its annual exam. In this issue of The National Voter, the LWVUS checks some vital signs of a healthy democracy--election...

Greetings from M Street!(voting)
October 1, 2006... As we enter the fall season and head into the November elections, our M Street offices are bustling with election related activities. We are also busy on new initiatives coming out of the 2006 Convention and ongoing projects unrelated to...

Meet the staff.(League of Women Voters's Betsy Beckwith )(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Betsy Beckwith joined the League staff in May as the halftime advocacy specialist who coordinates the day-to-day operations of the Public Advocacy for Voter Protection project and serves as liaison to the six participating state Leagues. She is...

Membership/field support.(League of Women Voters)
October 1, 2006... Membership in the League of Women Voters offers a large number of benefits. We think that the greatest promise we can make to new members is to provide them with the opportunity to join us and make a difference in their communities. We know of...

The League's Diversity Policy.(League of Women Voters)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... The League's Diversity Policy (reaffirmed in January 2003): The LWVUS/LWVEF, in both its values and practices, affirms its belief and commitment to diversity and pluralism, which means there shall be no barriers to participation in any activity...

Communications.(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... The LWVUS recently gained considerable press coverage in the stories about the Supreme Court's decision in the Texas redistricting case. LWVUS President Mary G. Wilson's statement was picked up in stories written by U.S. News & World Report,...

Connecticut College students Kelly A. Barkley.
October 1, 2006... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Connecticut College students Kelly A. Barkley (class of '07, majoring in Gender & Women's Studies and American Studies) and Andrys Malone (class of '07, majoring in East Asian Studies and Gender & Women...

Who's watching whom?(Cover story)
October 1, 2006... Before al Qaeda, before the CIA or even the National Security Agency (NSA), there was Operation Shamrock. In the late summer of 1945, while radioactive dust was still drifting off the cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, the U.S. Army's Signal...

Protecting the Voter.(Cover story)
October 1, 2006... Congress passed the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) to help ensure that all eligible voters are able to cast their votes and have them counted. This law established important new federal requirements and authorized funds to help states...

Clean Elections: antidote to unhealthy campaign financing.(Cover story)
October 1, 2006... These days you need a score card to keep track of congressional money in politics scandals. First and foremost, there is Rep. Tom DeLay (R TX), who resigned from office following his indictment on money laundering charges in Texas and the...

Hill Bulletin.(election law )
October 1, 2006... When Congress recesses at the end of September, it is expected to leave behind much unfinished business. The "lame duck" Congress returns after the elections, and we will be watching for anything that might be slipped into pending bills. The...

2006-2008 LWVUS officers, board members and nominating committee.(League of Women Voters of the United States)(Organization overview)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... OFFICERS (I-r, seated): Secretary/Treasurer Elaine Wiant, President Mary Wilson, 1 st Vice President Marlys Robertson and 2nd Vice President Sarah Diefendorf. BOARD MEMBERS (I-r, standing): Elisabeth MacNamara, Judy Duffy, Donna Lauffer, Xandra...

Convention 2006: Meeting in the Middle.(LEAGUE MATTERS)(League of Women Voters of the United States)
October 1, 2006... The 2006 LWVUS Convention had one of its biggest turnouts in years. More than 1,000 League members, including nearly 800 voting delegates from 49 states and the District of Columbia, met in the middle! From daybreak to long past sunset on...

Education fund.(LEAGUE MATTERS)
October 1, 2006... ELECTION REFORM "Building Awareness of the Need to Bring American Democracy to America's Capital!" kicked off the League's DC Voting Rights project. The well attended Convention workshop featured an interactive discussion on what Leagues...

Advocacy.(LEAGUE MATTERS)
October 1, 2006... From late spring through the period leading up to the August recess, Congress had a busy legislative session. The LWVUS Advocacy staff continued to implement and defend the Democracy Agenda, along with the other priorities set by the LWVUS...

VOTE411 (www.VOTE411.org): the one-stop-shop for all your election information needs.(LEAGUE MATTERS)(Website overview)
October 1, 2006... This election season, the League is expanding its traditional arsenal of voter education tools--Voters' Guides, debates and voter registration. We are launching VOTE411, (www.VOTE411.org), an easy-to-use, nonpartisan Web site for election...

The elephant in the room.(SOUNDING OFF)
October 1, 2006... As the national debate over the abuses ingrained in our capital punishment system continues, more and more people are conceding that there is an elephant in the room. It is likely that someone has already been executed mistakenly and that other...