Statements
Statement from Mission Control RE: Colorado Voter Registration Effort
February 24, 2012 To Whom it May Concern: In the course of printing approximately one million voter registration forms for the Voter Participation Center, including 17,000 in the state of Colorado, our printer made two errors that lead to incomplete voter registration forms being sent to individuals in Colorado. Because an imaging head was incorrectly [...]
Statement by Page Gardner, President, The Voter Participation Center RE: Colorado Voter Registration Effort
STATEMENT BY PAGE GARDNER, PRESIDENT, VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER RE: COLORADO VOTER REGISTRATION EFFORT FEBRUARY 24, 2012 In the course of mailing more than one million voter registration applications to 27 states this week, a printer’s mistake was made that affected the 17,291 applications sent to Colorado. Immediately after being informed by the Colorado Secretary [...]
Frequently Asked Questions About the Voter Participation Center’s Mailings
Here are some frequently asked questions about our work along with some answers to questions about a recent mailing the Voter Participation Center did to the Rising American Electorate in Wisconsin. WHO WE MAIL APPLICATIONS TO Q. Who is the target audience of VPC’s mailings? We reach out to unregistered unmarried women, people of color [...]
Statement by Page Gardner RE: Wisconsin Voter Registration Effort
STATEMENT BY PAGE GARDNER RE: WISCONSIN VOTER REGISTRATION EFFORT VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER FEBRUARY 22, 2012 On Tuesday, February 21, 2012, The Voter Participation Center was contacted directly by the Wisconsin Government Accountability (GAB) Board with disturbing news that may impact nearly 75,000 prospective voters hoping to exercise their legal right to register by mail [...]
Voter Participation Center Statement on Wisconsin Government Accountability Board Actions
February 21, 2012 Statement by Page S. Gardner, President, Voter Participation Center: “The voting rights of nearly 75,000 prospective voters in Wisconsin may be threatened if the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board refuses to process voter registration forms that are sent directly to them and that are federally approved for use in Wisconsin. Despite the legitimacy [...]
WVWV Applauds Passage of American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan Signed today by President Obama
Statement by Page S. Gardner, President, Women’s Voices. Women Vote: “Today’s signing of the historic American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan by President Barack Obama is a much needed boost for not only the American economy generally, but for those who are among the hardest hit by this economic crisis. “Unmarried women are suffering from the [...]
Women’s Voices. Women’s Vote Hails Passage of Economic Stimulus Package As Critical for Unmarried Women
“Tonight’s passage of the historic American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan is a much needed boost for not only the American economy generally, but for those who are among the hardest hit by this crisis – unmarried women. This segment of the population turned out to vote in record numbers this past election cycle. “The economic [...]
Women’s Voices. Women Vote Urge Senate Passage of American Recovery & Reinvestment Plan as Critical for Unmarried Women
“The U.S. Senate’s upcoming vote on the historic American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan is a much needed boost for not only the American economy generally, but for those who are among the hardest hit by this economic crisis.” “Despite reports of sagging support for the stimulus, a new Women’s Voices. Women’s Vote. survey, shows broad [...]
U.S. Senate Passage of State Children’s Health Insurance Program Legislation Vital for Unmarried Women
Statement by Page S. Gardner, president, Women’s Voices. Women Vote, on the vote by the U.S. Senate in favor of State Children’s Health Insurance Program legislation: “Today the U.S. Senate passed State Children’s Health Insurance Program legislation, preserving access to healthcare of low-income families. I commend the Senators who support this legislation, providing services critical [...]
There is nothing funny or serious about repealing women’s right to vote
As noted by Think Progress, National Review columnist John Derbyshire recently told radio show host Alan Colmes that he “wouldn’t lose a minute’s sleep” if “female suffrage [were to] be repealed” and stated that the United States would “probably” be a better country if women did not vote. Mr. Derbyshire’s comments are as sexist as [...]