League Comments on Bureau of Land Management's Proposed Fracking Regulation
LWVUS sent comments to the Bureau of Land Management regarding a proposed rule that would regulate hydraulic fracturing on public land and Indian land. The rule would provide disclosure to the public...
View ArticleTruth In Campaign Advertising Online Petition
Join the League in asking for Truth in Campaign Advertising.
View ArticleSample Op Ed
Have you seen a few political campaign ads recently? OK, so you’ve seen lot. Here in [locality], political advertisements are flooding our television airwaves. It is hard not to see a campaign ad...
View ArticleSupportive of Fact Checking - Template Letter to the Editor
SAMPLE Letter to the Editor Applauding Fact CheckingHere in [location], we have seen more than our fair share of political advertisements on TV. And so many of them are negative. Others are just...
View ArticleAgriculture Update Committee Application
The LWVUS Board has named the study the Agriculture Update.
View ArticleFacts Matter- Sample Post Election OpEd
Facts Do MatterRegardless of how you may feel about the outcome of the 2012 elections, it is hard to find any American who loved being inundated by all those campaign ads on television. Wall-to-wall...
View ArticleAbout the Education Study and Committee
The Education Study scope is broad and includes the following areas under the role of the federal government in public education (preK through grade 12): the history, funding and equity issues which...
View ArticleAbout the Privatization Study
Scope of the Privatization Study: The purpose of this study is to identify those parameters and policy issues to be considered in connection with proposals to transfer federal, state or local...
View ArticleState and Local League Request Form for Federal Issues
Please this form to make requests
View ArticleTalking Points for Meeting with Local Television Stations’ General...
Who to Ask for When You Call the StationMany Leagues are already connected with their local TV stations through joint work on candidate debates or forums. If so, start with the people in the station...
View ArticleStep-by-Step Easy Action Guide
Develepoed for Leagues Participating in the “Truth in Campaign Advertising” Project
View ArticleThe Problem and the Project
The League’s Truth in Campaign Advertising project seeks to encourage and support local television stations as they exercise their responsibility to ensure the campaign ads they run are accurate, to...
View ArticleProject Overview: Truth in Campaign Advertising
A record number of campaign advertisements are flooding the television airwaves in communities across the nation. Many of these ads are being run by “outside groups” that are supposedly independent...
View ArticleGuide to Effective Fact Checking
Download the PDF below or visit http://www.flackcheck.org/on-air to view the document online in addition to other materials.
View ArticleGet Involved in Supporting the Voting Rights Act!
LAST UPDATED 2/26/13 11:00 am We are one day out from the Voting Rights Act hearing and rally at the US Supreme Court and I want to make sure you all have the information you need to help make it a...
View ArticleThe Vote Is the Emblem of Equality -- and Now It is Under Attack
Tags:Huffington post, Voting Rights Act, VRA, Carrie Chapman Catt, Section 5, voter suppression, Shelby County, Alabama v. HolderEDITORIAL NOTE: This blog post was originally published on the...
View ArticleAbout the Agriculture Update and Committee
The Agriculture Update will focus narrowly on: 1) current technology issues in agriculture including genetically modified organisms (GMOs), herbicides, pesticides, agriculture water pollution, aquifer...
View ArticleLWVUS Campaign Finance Task Force Call for Materials
The Campaign Finance Task Force is in the process of developing a Money in Politics “discussion guide” to be used by Leagues across the country for members and for the public. We are interested in any...
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