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Challenges Facing Student Voters
Posted on July 22, 2024 in League News | comments
A League of Women Voters US Blog Young voters are becoming a force in American politics. While only 13% of people aged 18-29 voted in 2014, that percentage skyrocketed to 28% in 2018 and stayed high in 2022 at 23%. You...
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PAB and the Texting Scandal
Posted on July 16, 2024 in League News | comments
The Berkeley Police Accountability Board (PAB) met at 6:30 PM on Wednesday, July 10th to discuss the aftermath of the Berkeley Police Department’s (BPD) texting scandal among other topics. The meeting started with the ...
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LWVUS National Convention 2024 Report
Posted on July 14, 2024 in League News | comments
LWVBAE delegates: Cynthia Chen, Christine Wenrich, Diz Swift, and Elise Mills attended the 56th Biennial LWVUS 2024 National Convention. Diz was a panelist for the workshop “LWVUS Climate Interest Group – Actio...
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Electoral College Part 3
Posted on July 12, 2024 in League News | comments
An Empty Institution There are still arguments for the Electoral College that must be addressed. In Federalist No. 68, Alexander Hamilton writes “the immediate election should be made by men most capable of analyzing t...
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Supreme Court Alarms Experts Across the US
Posted on July 9, 2024 in League News | comments
On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court handed down a decision that amounts to its greatest power grab since 1803, when the Marshall Court established judicial review, according to Ellie Mystal of the Nation Magazine. As man...
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LWV Response to SCOTUS Decision on Presidential Immunity
Posted on July 8, 2024 in League News | comments
League of Women Voters of the US’s Chief Counsel, Celina Stewart, issued this response to the US Supreme Court’s 6 – 3 decision in Trump v. United States: “The Supreme Court’s ruling to grant extraordin...
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Downtown Bike Force Texting Scandal
Posted on July 8, 2024 in League News | comments
At 6:30 PM this Wednesday, July 10th, Berkeley’s Police Accountability Board will meet and release its report on the Berkeley Police Department’s bike squad scandal that was the subject of much reporting last year. T...
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Electoral College Part 2
Posted on July 7, 2024 in League News | comments
Legitimacy, Legitimacy, Legitimacy The Electoral College allows a minority of voters to determine the course of the entire nation. This effect is well known. In fact, in a 1980 speech, conservative strategist Paul Weyric...
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The Electoral College
Posted on July 1, 2024 in League News | comments
This is a series of four informative articles on the Electoral College written by Alex Li of the League of Women Voters Berkeley Albany Emeryville. All articles are linked here. Every four years, Americans across the cou...
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Berkeley’s Police Accountability Board 6-26-24
Posted on July 1, 2024 in League News | comments
The Berkeley Police Accountability Board (PAB) gathered on June 26, 2024 for a brief meeting. One main portion of the meeting was a report from Berkeley Police Department’s Deputy Chief Jen Tate. Tate announced that th...
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