On Tuesday night, with torrential rain pounding outside, the League of Women Voters of South Carolina concluded its two-year Initiative on Judicial Independence and Diversity with a forum, "The State of the Judiciary in South Carolina: From Research to Reality" held at the University of South Carolina Law School i
Date: August 2012
Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina
Event: School Program
Partners: Spartanburg County Historical Association
Date: October 5, 2012
Location: Francis Marion Hotel, Charleston, South Carolina
Event: Conference
When held up to legal scrutiny, there is no evidence of voter impersonation at the polls. However, millions could be disenfranchised and lose their right to vote because of photo ID laws enacted in a number of states.
On Monday, the DISCLOSE Act will come to the floor of the U.S. Senate. We’ve been working hard to ensure that it overcomes the procedural hurdle known as cloture, and comes to the Senate floor for a full debate.
Now 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.
Didn’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.”
