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Complications Alter Voting Timelines (News Clips)

“There are all kinds of nitty gritty decisions that have to be made before you put an election together,” said Linda Krefting, vice president of the League of Women Voters of Texas.”

Fresh Evidence That Florida's New Elections Law Suppresses Voting (News Clips)

“... In Miami-Dade, for example, voter registration plunged by 39 percent. The link between the law and the suspension of registration drives is clearly showing up in these findings.”

League's Voter Registration Drive Is a Success (News Clips)

"Increasing informed voter turnout 20 percent by 2020 is one of the goals of the League of Women Voters of Chester County. Our league volunteers have been very busy this spring registering…

Think You Have the Right to Vote? Not so Much! (News Clips)

“...people in the social sector are starting to work together in more and better ways – the good people at Brennan Center..., League of Women Voters, Rock the Vote, and Voto Latino have been very…

New Law Discouraging New Voter Sign-Ups (News Clips)

"A big part of that drop-off is that volunteer groups have stopped doing third-party registration. Third-party registration is when organizations send people into the community carrying…

MN Voter ID Deal Clears the Way to Fall Ballot (News Clips)

“A controversial constitutional amendment that would require voters to show a photo identification at the polls has cleared one of the last hurdles on the way to the fall ballot” in Minnesota.

Texas Tries to Keep Voter ID Debate Secret (News Clips)

“The state of Texas wants the discussions their Republican legislators had about passing a voter ID law to stay secret.”

Time is now for disclosure: Why the League supports the DISCLOSE Act (Blog)

Today, a Senate Committee will consider whether we need disclosure of who is spending vast amounts of money in American elections.  We are deeply concerned about election financing.

League President's statement on the DISCLOSE Act of 2012, S. 2219 (Legal Document)

The following statement Statement by Elisabeth MacNamara, President League of Women Voters of the United States on The DISCLOSE Act of 2012, S. 2219 was read for the Senate Rules Committee on March…

Voter ID Lawsuits Sent Directly to [WI] State Supreme Court (News Clips)

Appeals courts sent two lawsuits challenging Wisconsin's blocked new voter ID law directly to the state Supreme Court on Wednesday because of next week’s important elections, including the state…