A national group called Women's Voices Women Vote is targeting 9,324 unmarried women in Maine as part of a nationwide voter registration drive.

You Count. Be Counted! a nationwide voter registration drive will begin today, targeting 65,483 unmarried women in Iowa. The drive is being run by the national organization Women’s Voices Women Vote, which expects to register close to 1 million women nationwide between now and election day.

The voter registration drive, “You Count. Be Counted!,” will begin next week, targeting over approximately 7 million unmarried women in 24 states. The drive is being run by the national organization Women’s Voices Women Vote, which expects to register close to 1 million women nationwide between now and Election Day.

Meanwhile, the nonpartisan group Women's Voices is targeting 9,324 unmarried women in Maine in its voter registration push. The group says more than 370,000 single Maine women are unregistered.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A national group is targeting single women in Missouri as part of a voter registration drive.

Women’s Voices Women Vote hopes to register close to one million women voters before Election Day.

"You Count. Be Counted!" a nationwide voter registration drive will begin today, targeting 108,946 unmarried women in Arkansas.

The drive is being run by the national organization Women’s Voices Women Vote , which expects to register close to 1 million women nationwide between now and election day, including 3,268 in Arkansas.

The national group Women's Voices Women Vote is launching a national voter registration drive to convince up 1 million single women to vote come November.

Meanwhile, the nonpartisan group Women's Voices is targeting 9,324 unmarried women in Maine in its voter registration push. The group says more than 370,000 single Maine women are unregistered.

It’s an unfortunate reality that unmarried women – whether they’re divorced, widowed or never married – face far greater financial challenges than men in retirement. Why? Because women tend to make less money (77 cents for every dollar a man makes) and have shorter working careers (due to raising children and/or caring for aging parents) than men. And less money earned usually translates into less money saved and a lower Social Security benefit when you retire.

Move over, Jane Roe. Lilly Ledbetter has taken her place as the name on the tongue of Democrats courting female voters.

On June 23, Barack Obama kicked off a “discussion for working women” with a speech directed at working mothers that criticized John McCain for his support of conservative judges, decisions and legislation.

In 2007, more than one of every five homes sold was bought by a woman, according to the National Association of Realtors. Single women bought 22 percent of all houses sold last year, which is up from 14 percent in 1995.

In 1981, the number of single men and single women buying houses was about equal. As of last year, the number of unmarried men who bought houses was 9 percent less than the number of single women who did, despite the fact that single women earned $29,736 compared with $38,936 for single men, according to a Consumer Expenses Survey.

Every expert marketer would tell you that you have to identify a target market if you want to make sure that your advertising campaign accomplishes its goal of generating leads for your business.

One of the reasons why you have to do this is because choosing your target market narrows down your focus and attention, so that you are able to provide a more personalized and responsive marketing effort tailor made to that group of people.

A coalition of civic organizations in Lake County has joined to register voters from underrepresented groups and hold candidate forums ahead of the upcoming November elections.

The Get Out the Vote coalition, led by the YWCA Lake County, plans to launch its campaign Friday to register 5,000 voters in the 8th and 10th congressional districts. The coalition of nine organizations is primarily targeting young people, African Americans, Latinos, immigrants and young, single women.