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LWVMN News and Events
Latest Additions to Our Website
- Statement
on Campaign Finance Reform prepared for the Senate State and Local Government
Operations and Oversight Committee
- Common Cause
and League of Women Voters call on Leadership to Address Campaign Finance Reform
- LWV Minnesota Supports Proposed
Unallotment Legislation HF2866
- LWVMN Statement in
Response to "Tea Party Patriots" on Judicial Elections HF224/SF70
- Letter sent to
Rep. Phyllis Kahn Supporting HF2577
- Letter sent to
Sen. Ann Rest Opposing SF2888
- Testimony
to the House State and Local Government Operations Reform Committee in Support
of Appointment/Retention Election for Judges" by Keesha Gaskins
- Letter sent to Stuart
Arkley and Jon K. Ahlness on the NorthMet Project Draft Environmental Impacts
Statement (October 2009)
- Common Cause Minnesota and the League of Women Voters, Minnesota filed an
amicus
brief with the Minnesota Supreme Court in Brayton v. Pawlenty. The
brief argues that the current unallotment statute violates the Minnesota Constitution's
separation of powers clause by granting the executive branch expansive, unchecked
legislative power.
- Testimony to the
Senate State and Local Government Operations and Oversight Committee in Support
of Early Voting
by Laura Wang
- LWVMN and MNC to Hold Pre-Gubernatorial Debate
League of Women Voters Minnesota and the Minnesota News Council in cooperation
with the Minnesota Newspaper Association and its 143rd annual convention are
pleased to present a Pre-Caucus Gubernatorial debate on Wednesday, January 27,
2010. The debate will be held at the Sheraton Hotel in Bloomington.
The gubernatorial debate is free and open to the public. Seating for the
debate begins at 6:00 p.m. Tickets are free; pre-registration is required.
To register,
click here.
Press Release
- Current Job Openings at LWVMN
- League of Women Voters
Minnesota
Holds MN-Powered Convention
- Mary Steen, 2009
Hope Washburn Award Winner
Florence Pendergrast,
2009 Peggy Thompson Award Winner
- Testimony supporting
SF970 by Gwen Myers, February 27, 2009
- Testimony opposing
HF 57 by Keesha Gaskins, February 12, 2009
- LWVMN Seeks Program Interns
- News Release: League
of Women Voters Minnesota Opposes Photo Identification Requirement for Voting
- News Release:
League of Women Voters of Minnesota Education Fund Statement Regarding the 2008
US Senate Debates
- News Release:
League of Women Voters
of Minnesota Marks Anniversary of the 19th Amendment
- Editorial on Election
Judges
Sent to the Star Tribune
- League of Women
Voters Minnesota
Registers Over Ten Thousand New Citizens to Vote
- Latest edition of the Capitol Letter
- Report from LWVMN volunteer lobbyists
- Minnesota Voter - Newsletter of
the League of Women Voters Minnesota
- Letter sent to Representative Tony Sertich in
Support of
Placing a Constitutional Amendment on the Ballot to Allow the Legislature to
Call a Special Session
- Letter to the editor on
Maintaining Judicial
Independence in Minnesota
- Letter sent to Senator
Jim Vickerman on Agricultural Pesticide Application Information Access
- Letter sent to Senator
John Marty Supporting SF2324 Minnesota Health Care Act
- LWVMN Editorial
on Judicial Selection
- League of
Women Voters Minnesota Supports Merit Selection
and Retention Elections for Judges in Minnesota
- Testimony
to MN Senate Committees on Judicial Selection
by Helen Palmer
- The Why and How of Attending
a Precinct Caucus
Article by LWV Duluth President Deb Ortman
-
Vivian Jenkins Nelsen and Keesha Gaskins interviewed by Don Shelby
- Clara Ueland selected
as one of one hundred fifty people, places and things that changed Minnesota
- Favorite Food at the Fair?
Let the Voters Decide!
- LWVMN's State
of Democracy Project will bring together Minnesota civic groups and citizens
to promote nonpartisan political reform
- Vivian Jenkins-Nelsen
Honored as Minnesota Public Citizen of the Year
- Sawyer's LWV story can
be a model - Editorial in the Star Tribune
- Reception for Sally Sawyer
- Hennepin County Bar Association
Honors Helen Palmer with the 2007 Advancement of Justice Award
- Press Release
- Carol Frisch of Edina Honored by League of Women Voters Minnesota
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Press Release - Rosemary Guttormsson Honored by League of Women Voters
- Press
Release - Florence Sprague Honored by League of Women Voters
- Press Release -
Report on Supreme Court Elections Highlights Proposed Judicial Selection Reforms
in Minnesota
- Cross-Cultural
Dialogues Diversity Summit
- Indians in
Minnesota 5th Edition now available
- Examining a State
Agency: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
- Results From Minnesota's
Historic First Post Election Review
- Opinion Piece on
Keeping an eye on the machines that count Minnesotans' votes
- League of Women
Voters of Minnesota Education Fund 2003-2005 Biennial Report - Report from
LWVMN volunteer lobbyists
- Transforming Minnesota
through Cross-Cultural Dialogues
- Minnesota's judicial
races to become much more political by LWVMN President
- LWVMN Adopts New Study
of Minnesota Government Agencies
- Judy Duffy Honored by
League of Women Voters
- Ann Berry Honored by
League of Women Voters
- State of the League
address given at the LWVMN 2005 Convention
- Letter sent to Senator
Linda Berglin supporting MinnesotaCare
- POWER of 3 Campaign
- Letter to the Editor
on Public Financing for State Candidates
- Letter to the Editor
on Breaking the Budget Deadlock
- Letter to the Senate Environment
Committee on Off-Highway Vehicle Damage
- Press Release on LWVMN's
Alternative Voting Systems: Facts and Issues Report
- LWVMN Facts
and Issues Report on Alternative Voting Systems
- Secretary of
State Kiffmeyer, League of Women Voters Issue Alert: Voter Registration
Scam
- Voter's Bill of Rights
- updated by the 2005 Legislature
- Fair and Clean Elections (FACE) Update
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