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Voter Suppression

Taking the First Step Toward Repairing the Voting Rights Act (Blog)

This week, Congress held hearings to discuss possible solutions and the path forward following the Supreme Court's decision to gut key parts of the Voting Rights Act.

Supreme Court Ruling Opens Door to Widespread Voter Suppression (Blog)

The Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling this week leaves the country vulnerable to the very forms of voter suppression Congress warned of in 2006.

LWVWI: Fighting Forward – Protecting Your Vote (Blog)

This guest blog post by Andrea Kaminski, executive director of the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin discusses recent changes to election laws and their continuing fight against voter ID in their state.

Voter Suppression in North Carolina: What’s happening and what it means for our country (Blog)

Early this month, a plethora of voter suppression bills  were introduced by members of the North Carolina Legislature. If passed, the consequences would be dire.

Attacks on Voting Rights – a Midterm State Legislative Report (Blog)

Each state has focused some of their energy on voting rights and elections – 2230 bills relating to elections, both good and bad, have been introduced in state legislatures across the country since January.

“Everywhere we look, there is work to be done.” (Blog)

"Voting is the foundation stone for political action.” -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

2013 – No Rest for the Weary (Blog)

Voting rights have been under attack in state legislatures across the country for more than a decade and there are no signs of it letting up in 2013.

Money, Power, Ruses, and the Right to Vote (News Clips)

 

“On Wednesday, in the heat of another pitched American battle over voting rights, one that is playing out in courthouses and state capitals all across the nation, the Senate Judiciary Committee met yet again to remind us of how tenuous the right to vote still is in this country. ... The hearing was called "The Citizens United Court and the Continuing Importance of the Voting Rights Act" and, as the title suggests, it was an attempt by the Democratic leadership on the Committee to connect together on Capitol Hill two legal trends of recent vintage, each beginning in 2010.”

Politicians Should Not Manipulate Voting Rights (Blog)

Testifying today before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the continuing importance of the Voting Rights Act, Elisabeth MacNamara, president of the League of Women Voters of the United Stat

PENNSYLVANIA COURT UPHOLDS VOTER ID LAW (Press Release)

League of Women Voters Lawsuit unsuccessful in halting voter ID law