News

News 2005

• Column: Voter confidence in the electoral process ensures a stronger democracy
  Needham Times, Thursday, December 22, 2005

• Letter: Bill is healthy alternative
  Andover Townsman, Thursday, December 22, 2005

• Poll workers: Local protectors of democracy
  Newburyport Current, Friday, October 28, 2005
  also printed in Amesbury News, Friday, November 4, 2005

• LWV event looks to empower voters
  Burlington Union, Thursday, October 20, 2005

• Bill expands poll worker eligibility
  Shrewsbury Chronicle, Thursday, October 20, 2005

• Election bill aims to remove conflict of interest
  Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Friday, October 14, 2005

• League announces election reform bill
  Tewksbury Advocate, Thursday, October 13, 2005

• Voter groups propose fair election practices
  The Daily Free Press, Wednesday, October 12, 2005

• Reforms Offered to Add Poll Workers, Prevent Conflicts, Tour Voter Rights
  The State House News Service, Tuesday, October 11, 2005

• Absentee vote plan may ease balloting
  Akron Beacon Journal, Tuesday, October 11, 2005

• LWV: Collecting Signatures for Ballot Questions Now in Season
  The Danvers Herald, Thursday, September 29, 2005
  also printed in Amesbury News, Needham Times and Ipswich Chronicle

• Letter: Support absentee voting
  The Sudbury Town Crier, Thursday, September 8, 2005
  also printed in the: Lexington Minuteman, Needham Times and Upper Cape Codder

• Hall, Frantz lobby for aid
  Chelmsford Independent, Thursday, August 4, 2005

• LWV supports sunshine legislation on referendums
  Framingham TAB, Friday, July 29, 2005

• Spilka: Enhancing the ballot initiative process
  Ashland TAB, Thursday, July 28, 2005

• LWVMA outlines support for initiative bill
  Swampscott Reporter, July 28, 2005

• League of Women Voters speaks out on Patriot Act
  Littleton Independent, July 14, 2005

• Critics: What's so Patriotic about the Act?
  Boston Herald, June 23, 2005

• LWV's agenda is to make government more accountable, more responsive
  Salem News, June 28, 2005
  The Lowell Sun, June 13, 2005

• Income Eyed for Funding Formula -- School Plan Aims to Offset Land Values
  Boston Globe, June 12, 2005

• Absentee ballot rules closer to being eased
  Worcester Telegram, April 28, 2005

• Voting is a right, not a privilege
  Eagle Tribune, April 22, 2005

• Making it easier to vote doesn't solve problem
  The Enterprise, April 14, 2005

• Young Northborough essayists honored
  MetroWest Daily, April 11, 2005

• Kerry: Trickery, intimidation kept people from polls
  ABC News, April 10, 2005

• Kerry says citizens need to pressure lawmakers for voting reforms
  The Boston Globe, April 10, 2005

• Lawmakers weigh proposed election amendments to state constitution
  Boston Herald, April 8, 2005

• LWV celebrates democracy
  Littleton Independent, April 7, 2005

• Middle-schoolers have the write stuff
  Hamilton-Wenham Chronicle, April 7, 2005

• Legislators back state changes in voting
  The Boston Globe, March 31, 2005

• Voting needs to be easy
  Lincoln Journal, March 31, 2005

• Voting by mail may be in our future
  Marblehead Reporter, March 31, 2005

• Eighth-grader wins prize for essay
  Marblehead Reporter, March 31, 2005

• Lawmakers mull expansion of voting by mail
  The Boston Globe, March 26, 2005

• Groups urge more absentee voting
  Berkshire Eagle Online, March 24, 2005

• MetroWest legislator proposes state constitutional amendment
  MetroWest Daily News, March 24, 2005

• Election Laws Chairs To Push Plan To Facilitate Widespread Early Voting
  The State House News Service, March 23, 2005

• Election Laws Chairs Say  Major Plan Coming
  State House News Service, week of March 21, 2005

• Sen. Joyce announces scholarship opportunity
  Stoughton Journal, February 11, 2005

• LWV '6th Annual Online Student Essay Contest'
  The Tri-Town Transcript, February 11, 2005

• Students invited to enter essay contest
  The Marblehead Reporter, February 10, 2005

• Online Essay Contest
  Braintree Forum, February 9, 2005

• League of Woman Voters Endorses Cape Wind
  Cape Cod Today, February 3, 2005

• Committee to oversee redistricting process eyed
  North Adams Transcript, January 18, 2005

• LWV '6th Annual Online Student Essay Contest'
  Tri-Town Transcript, January 14, 2005

• New Rule Would Allow Better Tracking of Bills
  North Adams Transcript, January 11, 2005

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