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On August 18, 1920, Congress ratified the 19 th Amendment to the Constitution, giving women the right to vote.

Nearly a century after women were given the right to vote, the number of women participating in elections has decreased at the national and local levels. In the 2000 Presidential election, 22 million women did NOT vote. Only 60.1% of women voted in the 2004 presidential election, a slight drop from the 67% of women voters in the 1964 presidential election, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In the 2006 congressional elections, only 44.7% of women voted, compared with 53% in 1966. For information on Women & Voting, go to: www.wvwv.org

Below are some interesting websites featuring women's voices:

WE Vote'08 - WE Vote '08, part of the WE network's public affairs initiative, WE Empowers Women, is dedicated to empowering one million women in one year to register to vote!

Every Woman Counts - Every Woman Counts is an award-winning, nonpartisan, public advocacy campaign to encourage women to get more engaged in the political process as voters and future candidates.

Institute for Women's Policy Research - The Institute conducts rigorous research and disseminates its findings to address the needs of women, promote public dialogue, and strengthen families, communities, and societies.

The Women's International Perspective - The WIP is an international news website of women contributors that reports world news, opinion, and commentary. The WIP works to empower women around the world to make their voices heard at all levels of decision making, whether at community, national or international levels.

She Source - A database with over 300 spokeswomen who are experts across issue area and available to comment on the news of the day. Top news outlets such as CNN, FOX, Bloomberg, CBS, The New York Times, ABC and NBC use SheSource.org as an active resource to book high caliber female guests and sources.

Women in Media and News - Women In Media & News (WIMN) is a media analysis, education and advocacy group, working to increase women's presence and power in the public debate. WIMN's POWER Sources Project provides journalists with a diverse network of female experts.

Women in Media and News Blog - WIMN's Voices, the women's media monitoring group blog, features a diverse online community of fifty women blogging on media coverage of women and a range of social, cultural and political issues every day.

Women's eNews - News for women; this includes the news and perspectives that the mainstream media may not be covering. The site also includes a database of links and resources.

Women's Media Center - This web site is the major online source for links to women columnists and bloggers as well as media organizations and resources; it provides a Daily News Brief plus Women's Media Center exclusives and updates by media professionals and subject-specific experts.

Citizen Jane Politics - "The Modern Girls' Guide to Picking the Leaders of the Free World."

The Center for American Women and Politics – The CAWP, is recognized as the leading source of scholarly research and current data about American women’s political participation

It’s a simple process to register to Vote! Takes less than 5 minutes! Fill out Voter’s Registration online at: http://www.wvwv.org/voting-information