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Voter Photo ID

Voter ID Law Forum in Duluth [MN] (News Clips)

  “The forum is sponsored by the League of Women Voters Duluth. They say the bill is unconstitutional and reduces the likelihood of people voting. However, the main goal of the forum is to educate the public. Gay Trachsel is the President Elect for the League of Women Voters Duluth. 'We thought it would be really important that people should know exactly what this constitutional amendment is all about and what it means...' she said.”
 

Overcoming Obstacles to Photo ID Laws (News Clips)

“... Another obstacle to getting the necessary ID is providing the necessary documentation, usually a birth certificate. Many do not have a copy of their birth certificate and obtaining one can be time consuming, complicated and costly -- especially if the voter was born out of state. To address this problem, the League of Women Voters of Dane County (Wisconsin) helps voters through the process...”

Ninth Circuit Rules Against Proving Citizenship, but for Voter ID (News Clips)

“Setting the stage on a national level for this year’s elections, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on April 17 ruled that part of voter registration provisions of Arizona’s Proposition 200 violate the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA)...”

APPEALS COURT RULES PROOF-OF-CITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENT VIOLATES NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT (NVRA) (Press Release)

Washington, DC (April 17, 2012) – The following is a statement by Elisabeth MacNamara, national President of the League of Women Voters:

Groups Announce Campaign to Oppose [MN] Photo ID Amendment (News Clips)

“Now that Photo ID is headed to the ballot, opponents are organizing to defeat it. A host of organizations, including the Minnesota AFL-CIO, the League of Women Voters-Minnesota and AARP were joined by other.. groups in announcing a campaign of ‘truth-telling’ to convince voters to defeat it.”

[MA] Town Clerks Speak Out on Voter ID Proposals (News Clips)

“Voter identification laws and other changes to polling are not expected to happen overnight, but before the changes are made, town clerks would like to have a say. ... State Rep. Anne M. Gobi...has filed legislation seeking to create a task force of representatives from the state House of Representatives and Senate, the Town and City Clerks Associations, the Massachusetts Municipal Association, the League of Women’s Voters of Massachusetts,...to look at proposed election changes and make a report to the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Election Laws.”

Your Turn: Voter ID Law Would Mean Fewer Voters (News Clips)

Ellen Mork, co-president of the League of Women Voters of the St. Cloud Area [MN], responds to voter photo ID concerns.

Voter ID Bill Draws Criticism (News Clips)

“Joan Ashwell, election law specialist for the League of Women Voters of New Hampshire, said the voter ID bill ‘discriminates against certain otherwise qualified voters.’”

Voter Photo ID Law Bad for Texas (News Clips)

“The nonpartisan League of Women Voters agrees with several points in the editorial. LWV also can find no proof of voter fraud which photo ID would prevent and is concerned Texas's suit poses risks for the Voting Rights Act.”

[MN] Voters to Decide Whether to Require IDs at Polls (News Clips)

“Voters will decide in November whether government-issued photo identification should be required when voting in Minnesota, after lawmakers approved the ballot measure Wednesday and ended a years-long dispute.”