PENNSYLVANIA COURT UPHOLDS VOTER ID LAW (Press Release) 8/15/2012 League of Women Voters Lawsuit unsuccessful in halting voter ID law
Voting Rights Act: Remember, Celebrate and Protect (Blog) 8/6/2012 Editorial Note: This piece was first published on my Huffington Post Blog. 47 years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law to prevent voter discrimination.
Honoring and Celebrating the Passage of the Voting Rights Act (Blog) 8/6/2012 Forty-seven years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the historic Voting Rights Act (VRA) into law.
New Target in Voter ID Battle: 1965 Voting Rights Act (News Clips) 8/3/2012 “A landmark federal law used to block the adoption of state voter identification cards and other election rules now faces unprecedented legal challenges.”
Witnesses Say [PA] State Isn't Ready for Voter-ID Rule (News Clips) 8/3/2012 “Janice Horn, retired librarian and board member of League of Women Voters, testified she went to a PennDOT office in her home county of Clarion and found it staffed by a contract worker who said she…
[PA] Voter ID Day 6: Voter Confusion about New Law Rampant (News Clips) 8/3/2012 “Kicking off today’s testimony was Olivia Thorne, president of the League of Women Voters (LWV) of Pennsylvania and a 35-year member of the organization. The LWV is an organizational plaintiff in the…
Lessons Learned – LWVWI Releases Report on Election Observers (Blog) 7/26/2012 Leading up to the June 5th recall elections, LWV of Wisconsin worked with the nonpartisan Wisconsin Election Protection coalition to train citizens as volunteer election observers.
Pa.’s Tough, New Voter ID Law Tackles First Legal Challenge... (News Clips) 7/26/2012 “The first legal test for Pennsylvania’s tough new voter identification law began Wednesday, with state lawyers calling the measure a completely rational step, while opponents attacked it as an…
