Texas Voter ID Trial Opens (News Clips) 7/10/2012 “A panel of federal judges opened a trial in Washington, D.C., on Monday to decide whether Texas can carry out its year-old voter ID law, which the Justice Department contends will prevent Latino and…
The League – A Recognized Foe of Voter ID Laws (Blog) 7/9/2012 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.”
'Teammates' Walter Mondale and Arne Carlson Find Common Ground on Causes (News Clips) 7/9/2012 “The former governor and former vice president were brought together for this project by the League of Women Voters, an organization that also opposes the amendment that is expected to be on the…
Foes of Voter ID Laws Find Ways to Mute Their Impact (News Clips) 7/9/2012 “Elisabeth MacNamara, national president of the League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan group that works to lower barriers to participation, said that the patchwork of rules across the states is…
Voter ID Law May Hit More in Pa. than Originally Estimated (News Clips) 7/9/2012 “More than 758,000 registered voters in Pennsylvania do not have photo identification cards from the state Transportation Department, putting their voting rights at risk in the November election,…
Fight Back against Restrictive Voting Laws (News Clips) 7/5/2012 “Elections should not be decided by politicians who manipulate voting laws for partisan gain. Improving our elections need not come at the expense of our shared value that all citizens should have…
Snyder Vetoes Three [MI] Bills Aimed at Changes for Voters (News Clips) 7/5/2012 “Gov. Rick Snyder [MI] on Tuesday vetoed three election law bills pushed by Republican legislators seeking to require a ballot box affirmation of citizenship, restrict voter registration drives and…
Foes of Minn. Voter ID Push Decry Question Wording (News Clips) 7/3/2012 “Groups opposed to a proposed constitutional amendment to require photo IDs for voting argued Monday to Minnesota's highest court that allowing the ballot question to move forward would set up a…
Voter ID Law of the Land after Legislature Overturns [NH] Gov. Lynch Veto (News Clips) 6/28/2012 “For the first time in [NH] state history, voters will be asked to show IDs at the polls this fall, after the Republican-led Legislature overturned a veto from Gov. John Lynch on Wednesday.”
LWVUS and LWVFL File Amicus Brief Challenging FL Voter Purge (Article) 6/27/2012 The Flordia League, with the LWVUS and the Brennan Center, filed this amicus brief in support of the US Department of Justice suit challenging the illegal and inaccurate voter purge initiated by th