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NM Committee Blocks Bill Requiring Photo ID to Vote
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Kentucky Weighs Restoring Voting Rights to Felons
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For Martin and Medgar and Viola
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Groups Hope to Stop Wisconsin ID law
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Here's a State Law that Needs No Fixing
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In Senate Committee, Opposition to Voter ID
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Win for voters in Georgia this week
| KellyThis week brought good news for Georgia voters. A U.S. District Judge cleared the way for a lawsuit by voting rights groups to go forward. The suit asks the court to mandate that the State of Georgia fully comply with the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) particularly with respect to providing voter registration forms at public assistance agencies both in person and online. Demos and other groups hailed this court order.
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Why Try to Fix Something that Isn't Broken?
| ShirleyThe New Hampshire League gave a definitive “thumbs down” to a voting law change being considered by the state’s Election Law Committee. The bill would change the definition of who does or doesn’t live in New Hampshire for citizens who want to register to vote.
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Bills Tightening VA Voting ID Laws Advance, Despite Outcry
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New photo ID laws: what could happen to some voters?
| KellyAs part of a new story by National Public Radio, League national president Elisabeth MacNamara explains how these voter ID laws are creating additional challenges for some voters: "People are caught in a Catch-22: You need a birth certificate to get this ID, but to get a birth certificate you have to have an ID." The compelling news piece looks at the stories of three longtime voters that now must
