On Tuesday, both New Jersey and Virginia elected pro-choice governors to lead their states. Jim McGreevey (D) won the New Jersey gubernatorial contest with 56 percent of the vote, beating vocally anti-choice Bret Shundler. Exit polls indicate that voters supporting McGreevey were also concerned primarily about the economy and education. Schundler is for school vouchers. In Virginia, 52 percent of voters elected pro-choice candidate Mark Warner (D) for governor. Warner beat staunchly anti-choice Republican candidate Mark Earley (R) who opposes abortion even in cases of rape or incest.
Cleveland, Ohio and Annapolis, Maryland elected women governors for the first time in their respective histories. Jane Campbell (D), a long-time feminist activist, won the Cleveland mayoral election with 54 percent of the vote. Campbell is the former field director of ERA America and has served in the Ohio state legislature for twelve-years. In Annapolis, voters elected Ellen Moyer (D) to be their next mayor. Moyer served as Executive Director of the Maryland Commission for Women where she helped form domestic violence shelters. She has also been a supporter of sexual harassment laws in Maryland.
Media Resources: Washington Post, 11/07/01; New York Times, 11/07/01; Plain Dealer, 11/07/01; Maryland NARAL, Moyen for Mayor
6/18/2013 Supreme Court Strikes Down Proof of Citizenship Voter Requirements - On Monday, the United States Supreme Court struck down an Arizona law requiring voters to provide proof of citizenship before being allowed register to vote.
In an opinion written [PDF] by Justice Antonin Scalia, the Court ruled that the Arizona statute violated the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA, also known as the "Motor Voter Law") of 1993, which created a federal form that individuals can mail in to register to vote in federal elections. . . .
6/18/2013 Pakistani Women's University Bus, Hospital Bombed - A bus for a women's university in Pakistan and the hospital that treated victims from the blast were bombed on Saturday, killing 14 students and 24 others at the hospital.
The bus was transporting female students and teachers from Sardar Bahadur Khan Women's University in Quetta, located in the southwestern part of Pakistan. . . .
6/18/2013 Taliban Attack In Afghan Capital As NATO Transfers Power - Yesterday, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) transferred responsibility for the country's security forces to the Afghan government after a bomb blast targeting a political official left three civilians dead in Kabul. . . .
