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Attacks on Voting Rights – a Midterm State Legislative Report
| tobrienFor many state legislatures, March marks the half-way point of their legislative session, some are already adjourned and some seem to never end.
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2013 – No Rest for the Weary
| 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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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
| tobrienNow that most state legislatures are out of session for the year the battle against voter ID moves from the statehouse to the courts. The 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.
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The League – A Recognized Foe of Voter ID Laws
| 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
| 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
| 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.