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Frederick (MD) Recruits New Voters at High Schools
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League of Women Voters Looks to Register High School Voters in South Bend (IN)
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League of Women Voters of Florida goes mobile
| KellyAs presidential candidates pounded the campaign trail this week, the Florida League debuted an innovative “Be Ready to Vote” mobile campaign, designed to help inform Florida voters about their current registration status and increase voter turnout at the polls. Through these efforts, mobile phone users are prompted to enter their name and date of birth to check their voter status, update their voter information or have their questions answered by an elections official. What new technologies are you using to reach voters this year?
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Here's a State Law that Needs No Fixing
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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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Why LWV Florida can't register voters
| Alison McQuadeLWV Florida President, Deirdre Mcnab, appeared on MSNBC's Politics Nation with Al Sharpton to talk about restrictive third party voter registration laws in Florida. Earlier this year, the Florida League had to cease their voter registration activities, which they have performed without a problem for 72 years.