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Stories From Around the State
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Blog
2013 – No Rest for the Weary
By: tobrienVoting rights have been under attack in state legislatures across the country for more than a decade and there are no signs of it letting up in 2013. Indeed 2013 could be a year that sets back voting rights more than all of the attacks of the past decade combined.
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News Clips
Gazette opinion: Volunteers continue voter registration tradition
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Golden Pen Award: Voter Registration Drive Swinging into Gear
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Voter ID Laws: Where We Stand after State Legislative Sessions
By: tobrienThe 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. Only Kansas, Pennsylvania and Tennessee have passed voter photo ID laws that are currently in effect. In retrospect, thanks to the Leagues ongoing work, we are better off than we had anticipated when the legislative sessions began!
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The League – A Recognized Foe of Voter ID Laws
By: 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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6600 Montanans Chime in on Carbon Pollution
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Supreme Court Repeats Naïve, Uninformed Errors of Citizens United
By: Elisabeth MacNamaraThe Court's decision today in a pivotal campaign finance case has repeated its naïve, uninformed errors from its Citizens United decision. The First Amendment is meant to protect essential freedoms, not as a weapon to destroy American democracy. We look forward to the day when the Supreme Court majority deals with facts rather than imposing their own ideological views.
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Montana Case Could Bring Reconsideration of Citizens United Decision
By: Jessica JonesOne of the remaining cases that the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide on before they recess for the summer is American Tradition Partnership vs. Bullock. The Supreme Court could decide to hear argument on this case when it returns this fall and ultimately it could cause the Supreme Court to reconsider its previous decision in Citizens United vs. FEC.
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League of Montana co-sponsors American Judicature Society Forum on Judicial Selection Reforms
Date: November 16, 2010
Location: Helena, Montana
Event: Lecture
Partners: American Judicature Society; Justice at Stake CampaignThe League of Women Voters of Montana co-sponsored the American Judicature Society forum entitled “Selecting Montana’s Judges: Protecting Impartiality, Ensuring Accountability, and Preserving Public Trust,” featuring former Chief Justice Karla Grey of the Montana Supreme Court.
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