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Shining a Light: Redistricting Lessons Learned in 2011
The League of Women Voters is pleased to release Shining a Light: Redistricting Lessons Learned in 2011. This comprehensive whitepaper highlights the groundbreaking efforts of Leagues and other advocates to promote a more fair and transparent redistricting process and also sheds light on key reform opportunities for improving the process over the next decade. The report also includes helpful practices for all advocates to consider as they work to influence redistricting at the local level.
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Voter ID Amendment Heads to the Voters of Minnesota
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New Voter ID Law Isn't Necessary
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Voter ID Muddies [WI] Primary Prep
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Far-Flung New House District Highlights Need for Reform
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League of Women Voters Wants into SC Voter ID Suit
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LWV of South Carolina Urges Court to Reject Restrictive Voter ID Law
| KellyWashington, D.C. (March 27, 2012) – The League of Women Voters of South Carolina urged a federal district court to reject the state’s restrictive voter ID law, arguing the law erects unnecessary barriers to voting and could disenfranchise thousands of minority voters.
The League, which is seeking to intervene in South Carolina v. Holder, is represented by the Brennan Center for Justice, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and pro bono by the law firms Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Derfner, Altman & Wilborn LLC.
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LWV of Texas and Partners Seek to Block Texas' Discriminatory Photo ID Law
| KellyLWV-TX, ACLU and ACLU of Texas, Advancement Project, Texas Legislative Black Caucus and Civil Rights Activists Seek to Block Texas’ Discriminatory Photo ID Law
Lawsuit Will Defend Constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act and Protect Minorities’ Right to Vote
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Top [WI] Election Official Says He Did Not Want Immediate Appeals of Photo ID
