New Voter ID Law Isn't Necessary (News Clips) 3/27/2012 “The right to vote, along with full and fair representation, is the most basic of political rights. Requiring voters to show photo ID and regulating groups that register voters are not necessary to…
Voter ID Muddies [WI] Primary Prep (News Clips) 3/27/2012 “Municipal and county clerks say they're ready for Wisconsin's upcoming presidential primary despite uncertainty over whether its on-again, off-again voter photo identification law will be…
League of Women Voters Wants into SC Voter ID Suit (News Clips) 3/27/2012 “The League of Women Voters has asked a three-judge federal panel for permission to take part in a legal challenge to South Carolina's voter identification law, becoming the second group seeking…
League Praises Decision to Continue to Put People Before Polluters (Press Release) 3/27/2012 Washington, DC (March 27, 2012) – League of Women Voters national President, Elisabeth MacNamara issued the following statement regarding the Obama Administration's new rules, rele
LWV of South Carolina Urges Court to Reject Restrictive Voter ID Law (Press Release) 3/27/2012 Washington, D.C.
LWV of Texas and Partners Seek to Block Texas' Discriminatory Photo ID Law (Press Release) 3/23/2012 LWV-TX, ACLU and ACLU of Texas, Advancement Project, Texas Legislative Black Caucus and Civil Rights Activists Seek to Block Texas’ Discriminatory Photo ID Law
Top [WI] Election Official Says He Did Not Want Immediate Appeals of Photo ID (News Clips) 3/21/2012 “The state's [WI] top election official said Tuesday he told the state Department of Justice he did not want to immediately appeal two decisions blocking the state's new law requiring photo…
Minnesota Voter-ID Amendment Passes House in Wee Hours, Along Party Lines (News Clips) 3/21/2012 “After nine hours of passionate debate, the Minnesota House early Wednesday morning, March 21, passed a Republican-sponsored constitutional amendment to require voters to show a government-issued…
Judge Denies Motion to Stay Voter ID Ruling (News Clips) 3/21/2012 On Monday, a Dane County (WI) judge denied a motion to delay his voter ID ruling that bars enforcement of the state voter ID law.
Idaho Panel Oks Pre-Abortion Bill (News Clips) 3/15/2012 “Betsy McBride of the League of Women Voters, said, ‘If an ultrasound procedure is not medically necessary, the Legislature should not require that a doctor or an ultrasound technologist perform such…