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League of Women Voters Takes on 'Myths about Voter Impersonation'
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Democracy for All? The Barriers of Photo ID
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Opinion-editorial: Move toward greater judicial independence (South Carolina: The Greenville News)
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Obama’s Carbon Pollution Limits are Big Step for Public Health, Climate
| KellyLeague Cheers Decision to Protect People, Not Polluters
Washington, DC - The League of Women Voters of the United States released the following statement from national president Elisabeth MacNamara regarding the Obama Administration’s decision to set new limits on carbon pollution from dirty, coal-fired power plants.
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National Poll Shows Voters Expect Elected Officials to Protect Public Health
| Gretchen KnellNational Poll Shows Strong Disapproval for President Obama’s Smog Rule Delay, Unfavorable Ratings for Congress’ Assault on Clean Air Act
9 Battleground States Also Surveyed: Suburban Women in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Latino Women in California, Florida and New Mexico Disagree With Obama Decision; Health Also Trumps Polluters in Colorado, Nevada, and Virginia.
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House Passes Sweeping Anti-Clean Air TRAIN Act
| KellyLeading Environmental Groups Call on Senate to Reject It, Commend Veto Threat from White House
Washington, DC – September 23, 2011: Today the House of Representatives passed a sweeping anti-environment bill that blocks two landmark public health safeguards against air pollution. The TRAIN Act, H.R. 2401, blocks standards that would curb mercury emissions from power plants and reduce pollution that travels across state lines and endangers communities. Leading environmental and public health groups (listed below) issued the following statement after the House vote:
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President Obama congratulates League on 90th anniversary
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League of South Carolina Continues Fair Judiciary Campaign
| Cynthia PaderaThe League of Women Voters of South Carolina celebrates Constitution Day with the announcement that the successful statewide education campaign, “Quest for a More Diverse Judiciary,” begun in September 2010, will continue for an additional year.
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Texas Redistricting Plan Blatantly Illegal
| KellyLeague of Women Voters Urges U.S. Justice Department to Object
Washington, DC—The League of Women Voters of the United States has joined the League of Women Voters of Texas in urging Attorney General Eric Holder to reject the congressional redistricting plan submitted by the state of Texas on the grounds that it would disenfranchise minority voters and is in clear violation of the landmark Voting Rights Act.
