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The League publishes a wealth of information spanning many subjects. Click on the appropriate links to view specific publications.
LWVUS Publications
The League's Barbara Stuhler Library features publications, historical documents and video archives of the LWVUS and the LWV Education Fund.
- Basics for Writing on the Web
- Impact on Issues 2010-12
- Tips for Local League Web sites
- What is a Blog—and Why Does it Matter to the League?
Advocacy Publications/Papers:
- Guide for Issue Chairs
- Legislative Newsletters
- Program Perspectives
- We Support: Tri-Fold OR List
- Budget - "Financing Texas Government: Not Just Trimming the Fat, but Scraping the Bone" (2011 paper)
- Coal-Fired Power Plants (2007 paper)
- Countdown to Copenhagen (2009 paper)
- Early Childhood Education - "Integral to Texas Economic Development" (2008 paper)
- Texas Health Care - "Inadequate State Programs are Costly to All Texans" (2013 paper)
- Medicaid - "A Wise Investment of State Dollars" (2007 paper)
- Money, Politics, and Ethics - "What’s at Stake?" (2005 paper)
- Public Education in Texas - "Teetering on the Brink?" (2013 paper)
- Redistricting (2007 paper)
- Texas Water Crisis - "Increasing Demand but Decreasing Supply" (2013 paper)
*For information on League Action Alerts and Testimony please click here.
Administrative Publications:
- Bylaws
- Policies & Procedures: A Manual for State and Local Boards
- Policy on Candidates Forums
- Policy on Voters Guides
Annual Reports:
Brochures:
- The Texas Judicial System
- El Sistema Judicial de Texas
- When You Go To Austin: A Guide to the 83rd Legislature NEW
Continuing Education:
Election Services:
- Guide to Candidates Forum for Local Leagues
- Guide to Voters Guides for Local Leagues
- How to Write Government Officials
Membership Resources:
Newsletters:
- Texas VOTER - Spring - March 2013 NEW
- Texas VOTER - Winter - January 2013
- Texas VOTER - Fall - August 2012
- Texas VOTER - Summer - August 2012
- Texas VOTER - Summer - June 2012
- Texas VOTER - Spring 2012
PAVP Grant Reports
Resources for Local Leagues:
- Capital Ideas: Fundraising Tips for Local Leagues
- Fundamentals for Local Leagues
- Handbook & Directory
- Handbook for Local Leagues TEF Projects
- League Program: Study to Action in Ten Steps
- Money Matters Made Easier
- Practical VOTER Production
- President's Counselor
- Program Perspectives
- Recording Present History
- Retention Schedule
- State Board Handbook
Studies: Facts & Issues
- Criminal Justice: Capital Punishment (2002)
- Drug Laws and Policies in Texas (2005)
- Immigration (1996)
- Judicial Selection in Texas: Nothing's Perfect (2002)
- Mandated Testing in the Public Schools of Texas (2007)
- Texas Public Transportation (2005)
- Should Water Be a Commodity? (2011)
- Voting Procedures to Increase Voter Participation - Vote by Mail (2009)
- Voting Procedures to Increase Voter Participation - Election Day Registration (2009)
- Voting Procedures to Increase Voter Participation - Election Day Centralized Voting (2009)
- Voting Procedures to Increase Voter Participation - Instant Runoff Voting (2009)
- Voting Procedures to Increase Voter Participation - Internet Voting (2009)