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A League of Women Voters occurs as United States non-partisan political organization founded in 1920 by Carrie Chapman Catt during a meeting of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. It began as a "mighty political experiment" aimed to help freshly enfranchised women exercise their responsibilities when elector. A league is non-nonpartizan in the feel that it doesn't endorse or even oppose political candidates at any level of government. A league puts out neutral elector guides that state & compare candidates' positions in various issues. A league besides staffs precincts in election day helping to administer elections. Yet, a league does choose official stances, generally progressive, in various issues. Historically it supported child labor laws, civil rights legislation, the Equal Rights Amendment, and a Motor Voter law. Extra recently, it has supported campaign finance reform, gun control, and electoral reform, and has taken positions in the growing total of public policy areas. A League of Women Voters Education Fund sponsored a 1976, 1980, and 1984 presidental debates. Notwithstanding, this sponsorship changed inside 1987 when a Democratic & Gop formed the Commission on Presidential Debates which gave a parties greater control across the debate environment. A league continues to sponsor & moderate candidates' meetings & debates for local elections nationwide. A League of Women Voters has around 130,000 members.
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League of Women Voters Nonpartisan political membership organization encourages informed, active participation of citizens in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues and influences public policy through education and advocacy. Features membership information, history, positions, newsletters, news, voting information and a library. League of Women Voters of the Upper Valley Serves Hanover, New Hampshire, and Norwich, Vermont, and surrounding areas. Includes calendar of events and voting resources. League of Women Voters of Northwest Wayne County Serves Canton, Garden City, Livonia, Northville, Plymouth, Redford, and Wayne, Illinois, and Westland, Michigan. Features events, election information and membership information. DemocracyNet A project of the League of Women Voters Education Fund. Provides information about elections, voting, and candidates in local, state, and national elections. |
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