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Stories From Around the State
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Proud to be a Georgia Voter
By: Elisabeth MacNamaraExactly one week before Election Day 2012, I cast my ballot at recreation center near my home. I got my sticker which says "I am proud to be a Georgia Voter." That has always been true ever since I cast my first Georgia vote at a firehouse near Emory University.
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Hurricane Sandy and the Election
By: tobrienIn reviewing states (CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NC, OH, PA, RI, SC, VT, VA and WV) that have been affected by Hurricane Sandy we found that most states have not changed their voting procedures. However, some states that were hardest hit have extended hours for registration and early voting.
Below is a list of changes as of this morning October 31, 2012 –
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Early voting starts Monday in Georgia
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Civil Rights Movement Evoked in Atlanta
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Georgia Exceeds 100% Voter Turnout!?
By: StephanieLike many of you, our eyebrows raised when we first read this headline out of Georgia: “Fulton election results show more than 100% turnout in 4 precincts.” The culprit causing strange turnout during this primary election? Confusion at the polls over newly redistricted precincts.
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Connecting the Dots on Voter Photo ID
By: Elisabeth MacNamaraThe News Hour, the New York Times and the Washington Post have all covered the Pennsylvania lawsuit challenging voter photo ID. Like the successful Wisconsin court challenge, the case in Pennsylvania involves the League of Women Voters and focuses on the state constitution.
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What Could Tighter Voter ID Laws Mean in November?
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League of Georgia President Testifies to American Bar Association Committee on Judicial Independence
Date: February 9, 2011
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Event: Panel Discussion
Partners: American Bar Association
Tracy Adkinson, President of the League of Women Voters of Georgia, served as an expert witness to the American Bar Association’s Task Force on the Preservation of the Justice System on the impact of the court funding crisis at the Task Force’s first meeting in Atlanta.State: -
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Atlanta League registers dozens to vote at wrestling event
The League of Women Voters of Atlanta, GA recently teamed up with longtime LWVEF partner, Smackdown Your Vote!
,to conduct registration at a local World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) event. The League distributed nonpartisan election materials and helped dozens of event attendees, many of them young and first-time voters, successfully fill out registration applications.
Leagues are gearing up nationwide to carry out similar activities at wrestling events this summer and fall. Want to get involved in this great visibility and voters' service opportunity? Check this list to see when WWE might be headed to your area, or order copies of the hot-off-the-presses "18-30 Voter Issues Paper", a must-have resource for Leagues conducting youth-related activities.
In the photos below, Atlanta League members Allen Bearden, Rita Robinzine, A. Ibn Nuriddin, Vernetta Keith Nuriddin, Rachel Lesperance, Charis Johnson, and Rita Robinzine, and WWE Vice President Gary Davis, gather and help individuals register to vote.
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League of the United States explores judicial independence and diversity at Convention
Date: June 14, 2010
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Event: Panel Discussion
Partners: Brennan Center for Justice; Hispanic National Bar Association
“Is the Quest for a More Diverse Judiciary Important? Is It Attainable?” was the titled of a workshop organized at the League’s National Convention held in Atlanta, Georgia. Speakers included the Honorable Carol W. Hunstein, Chief Justice, Georgia Supreme Court, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice, and Zuraya Tapia, Executive Director of the Hispanic National Bar Association. Elisabeth MacNamara, President of the League, served as moderator.State:
