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New Voting Restrictions: Solution to a Nonproblem (News Clips)

“One would think that in a nation where so many citizens do not vote — 75 million eligible people in 2008 — legislators would spare no efforts to increase exercise of the franchise.”

D.C. COURT HEARS LANDMARK TEXAS VOTING RIGHTS CASE (Press Release)

League Joins Case in Support of Voting Rights / Department of Justice

State Needs to Make Voting Easier, Not Erect New Barriers (News Clips)

Letter to The Boston Globe: “The League of Women Voters of Massachusetts applauds the Globe’s opposition to current voter suppression legislation around the country, including requiring photo ID to…

Florida's Voter Purge: What the Hell? (News Clips)

“With four lawsuits and more than 180,000 names of potentially ineligible voters, the situation in the Sunshine State is getting messier by the day. ... A letter to the newspaper from the director of…

What Could Tighter Voter ID Laws Mean in November? (News Clips)

“A study by the Associated Press found that legitimate votes have been rejected after many states passed tougher voter ID laws in order to prevent fraud. ... When Edward and Mary Weidenbener went to…

Texas Voter ID Trial Opens (News Clips)

“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)

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)

“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)

“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)

“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,…