A Leaguer's Guide to Online ResourcesFor Members of the League of Women Voters of Alabama |
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LWVUS Our Work (Taking Action) Vote411.org - Election information for every state LWVUS for Members (your email address, your password) Tips: In order to enter the member's area, even if you are a member of the LWV, you must register if your email address is not in the LWVUS database. If you’re not sure if your email address is in the database, or if you don’t know your password, just try to register, i.e. go to https://member.lwv.org/PreRegister.asp and provide your first & last name & email address. If your email address is in the system, your password will be emailed to you. If your email address is NOT in the system, then you’ll be asked for your mailing address. The system will check to see if you’re a member, and if so, your password will be emailed to you. Then login with user name (your email address) and password here. Then click on "For Members". Membership and Leadership Development
Manage Your League Policies and Publications Face to Face (on LWVAL site) Forum Groups Subscribe a discussion by League members on a public issue important to you and your
League.
STATE League of Women Voters of Alabama LWVAL Website
(Some of the pages/documents below require LWVAL member username and password. Contact Jean Johnson at 205 222-2097 or jjohnson@lwval.org if you need access assistance.) LWVAL Core Documents
LWVAL Facebook LWVAL for Members LWVAL and Local League Board Directories LWVAL Legislative Report Tip: Use this report to follow the progress of legislation important to LWVAL positions and legislative priorities. Updated status report is posted weekly during the legislative session. The 2014 report is linked here. To update in the future, change the year from 2014 to current session year. LWVAL Twitter LOCAL LWV Baldwinn County LWV Greater Birmingham LWV East Alabama LWV Mobile LWV Montgomery LWV Greater Tuscaloosa OTHER ORGANIZATIONS A+
Education Foundation
American Assoc. of Retired Persons (AARP) AARP Alabama American Assoc. of University Women (AAUW) AAUW in Alabama AL Appleseed Center for Law & Justice AL Arise AL Association of Nonprofits AL Citizens for Constitution Reform (ACCR) AL Civil Justice Foundation AL Environmental Council Hola Latino (media) AL Rivers Aliance AL State Bar Association Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ) Greater Birmingham Ministries (GBM) Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama (HICA) Leadership Alabama Mobile Baykeeper formerly Mobile Baywatch National Council of La Raza Public Affairs Research Council of AL (PARCA) Southern Poverty Law Center The Women's Fund of Greater Birmingham Voices for AL's Children -- Top -- United States Congress,
Agencies, etc.
Thomas U.S. legislative information Judicial Supreme & Lower Fed Courts Executive White House, Exec. Depts., etc. Congress.org Take action. Addresses all 3 branches. USA.gov US gov't official web site ALISON Alabama
Legislative System Online AL Legislature - Legislature's
official web site
AL
Secretary of State
Elections Division
AL GovernorAL Votes - Register, polling place, sample ballots, absentee voting, etc. AL Voter Guide 2014 pdf - Rules and regulations for voting in AL AL Photo Voter ID Guide pdf - Detailed info. about the 2014 photo voter ID law AL Courts AL Gov't & Agencies Directory Alabama - Alabama's official web site Local (Government in AL League Communities) Auburn
Opelika Lee Co. Birmingham Jefferson Co. Columbiana Shelby Co. Mobile Mobile Co. Montgomery Montgomery Co. Bay Minette not official site Baldwin Co. Tuscaloosa Tuscaloosa Co. -- Top -- NEWS MEDIA Alabama al.com al.com/politics Newspapers Anniston Star Birmingham News Florence Times Huntsville Times Mobile Press Register Montgomery Advertiser Opelika-Auburn News Tuscaloosa News Broadcast Media AL Public Radio AL Public Television More Alabama Media Other -- Top -- PARTIES, POLLS & COMMENTARY Note: Publications listed here are offered only as a sampling. The League does not endorse any of them. Conservative
News & Commentary
Liberal News & Commentary Political Parties Polls and Political News
National Conservative
Blogs & Opinion
National Liberal Blogs & Opinion Alabama/Birmingham Political Blogs Alabama Democratic Party Blog
Alabama Republican Party Blog Alabama Political Reporter AlabamaSchoolConnection.org - Education Politics in Alabama The Thicket at State Legislatures Doc’s Political Parlor Political blogs on al.com LWV of Washington Co., IO LWV of the Red River Valley, ND Also, see "The Next Step" for more Alabama blogs and League blogs. -- Top -- GENERAL RESOURCES Phone Book White Pages
Phone Book Yellow Pages Google Maps Wikipedia (encyclopedia) Dictionary Thesaurus US Postal Service FedEx Tracking UPS Tracking Library of Congress PolitiFact - truth of political statements Snopes (veracity of urban legends) Babel Fish (translator) Yahoo (Dow, etc.) The Reference Desk -- Top -- THE NEXT STEP... and the computer resources to get there. Take your League to the next level of community service, visibility and intra-League communication. Update
your League's web site
Your League web site is your public face now more than ever! It's not as difficult as you might think. Web editing software is user friendly and no programming experience is necessary. KompoZer, a free program, is a powerful but user-friendly web site editor as one of its components. Also, you will need a FTP program such as CoffeeCup Free FTP (for PC) Smart FTP (for PC), or Cyberduck (for Mac) (all free) to send your web page to the Internet server. Again, this involves NO PROGRAMMING. Contact Jean Johnson for set-up assistance at jjohnson@lwval.org or 205 870-3063. Create a Blog for your League A blog (web log) is a website where entries are made and displayed in a reverse chronological order. They can be educational (such as providing commentary or news on a particular subject), and they can serve as a venue for the exchange of ideas. Access to your blog can be set for the public, for members of your League only, or for only a select group such as your League’s board or a study committee. A blog can combine text, images, and links to other blogs and web pages. Free
blog creation and hosting resources
Sample
LWV blogs
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