“The League of Women Voters of the Midland Area [MI] and Midland Community Television are gearing up to produce a second season of “Making Democracy Work,” a public affairs television program promoting voter education. ... ‘It’s a no pundits, no partisanship, no spin program from primary sources of information,’ said Karen Sherwood, president of the League of Women Voters of the Midland Area.”
"Three members of League of Women Voters of Amarillo recently participated in an intensive leadership development workshop conducted by national trainers from LWV of the United States in advance of this fall's election."
“A federal judge has overturned a recent Ohio state law and restored in-person, early voting for the final three days leading up to Election Day.”
“Wisconsin students and young voters got a big boost on Tuesday when the state board overseeing elections adopted a policy allowing people registering to vote on Election Day in November to present identifying documents from a laptop or portable digital device.”
“Fortunately, federal courts are seeing these efforts for what they are: a variation on the racist laws that disenfranchised millions before those tactics were outlawed by the Voting Rights Act. … These federal courts were careful to respect state sovereignty. But they were also mindful that state laws that suppress minority votes cannot be allowed to stand.”
“A federal judge said on Wednesday that he planned to block provisions of a Florida measure that made it harder for organizations to register voters in the state. ... Deirdre Macnab, the president of the League of Women Voters of Florida, which suspended its operations for a year, said she was delighted with the ruling.”
“An exciting development for this year, League of Women Voters of Larimer County [CO] is participating in VOTE411.org.”
"Two dissenting justices, Alan Page and Paul Anderson, said the full text of amendments -- not summary descriptions written by lawmakers -- should be on the ballot. ... In his lengthy dissent, Anderson rightly called the [MN] Legislature's voter ID ballot question 'inaccurate, misleading and deceptive.' Even the majority of the court acknowledged that '... it may indeed have been wiser for the Legislature to include the entire amendment on the ballot.'''
“In a lengthy, sweeping decision, a federal court in Washington on Tuesday unanimously struck down Texas' new congressional map, ruling that the plan was enacted with "discriminatory purpose" against Hispanics protected under the Voting Rights Act. The ruling will not affect this year's elections, but barring successful appeal, Texas would have to redraw its maps before 2014.”
“...Since the provision on voting registration was overruled in Florida...the League of Women Voters has once again kick started their campaign to register and update the voter registrations...to get to hundreds of thousands of persons before the deadline. ... Yet, president Deirdre Macnab admits while they’re high on enthusiasm they’re way behind on registration. ‘...there’s so much ground you can cover...’”