Action Alert
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Blog
Finish the Fight: Protect and Empower Voters
| Elisabeth MacNamaraEvery distinguished speaker who addressed the League’s 2012 Convention applauded the League of Women Voters for its devotion to political education and its faith that knowledge becomes power in the hands of voters. The League was urged to finish the fight to protect and empower voters.
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News Clips
State Needs to Make Voting Easier, Not Erect New Barriers
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Press Release
D.C. COURT HEARS LANDMARK TEXAS VOTING RIGHTS CASE
| KellyLeague Joins Case in Support of Voting Rights / Department of Justice
Washington D.C. - This week a three-judge panel in Washington, D.C. is hearing arguments in a case brought by the State of Texas seeking to overturn a U.S. Department of Justice (US DOJ) decision to deny pre-clearance of Texas’s photo voter ID law. The League of Women Voters of Texas (LWVTX) has joined the lawsuit in support of the US DOJ position.
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News Clips
Florida's Voter Purge: What the Hell?
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Blog
Voter ID Laws: Where We Stand after State Legislative Sessions
| tobrienNow that most state legislatures are out of session for the year the battle against voter ID moves from the statehouse to the courts. The League and its allies were successful in keeping voter ID bills from passing in a number of states including Colorado, Delaware, Iowa, Maine, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon and Virginia.
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What Could Tighter Voter ID Laws Mean in November?
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Texas Voter ID Trial Opens
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Blog
The League – A Recognized Foe of Voter ID Laws
| ShirleyDidn’t want you to miss this recent article in the National Journal! League President Elisabeth MacNamara and Senior Elections Director Jeanette Senecal are among the “foes” in this piece on how the “Foes of Voter ID Laws Find Ways to Mute Their Impact.”
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News Clips
'Teammates' Walter Mondale and Arne Carlson Find Common Ground on Causes
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News Clips
Foes of Voter ID Laws Find Ways to Mute Their Impact