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Ruling Suggests Florida Supreme Court May Broaden Redistricting Review (News Clips)

 “With about a week to go until the Feb. 29 oral arguments before the Florida Supreme Court over the state's plan for legislative redistricting, justices are already fighting about how far the court can go in reviewing the new maps ... voting-rights groups – including the League of Women Voters, the National Council of La Raza and Common Cause Florida – contend that the lawmakers violated the anti-gerrymandering Fair Districts provisions in the constitution...”
 

Burning Questions: An Election of Uncertainty (News Clips)

 “Wisconsin's new voter ID law is causing a lot of confusion. The rules regarding the voting process, voter registration and absentee voting have changed. When you add redistricting to the mix, things get downright chaotic. The Appleton League of Women Voters can help. Shirley Strange, president of the Appleton chapter, and Irene Strohbeen, the local director of voter services, discussed the issues Thursday in a Newsmakers interview at postcrescent.com.”
 

New Hampshire Voter ID Bill Gets OK from Senate Committee (News Clips)

 “Over the opposition of voter reform groups, a state Senate committee on Tuesday embraced legislation requiring voters to show a picture ID at the polls ... Critics ranging from the League of Women Voters and the Civil Liberties Union to the state chapter of the Public Interest Research Group maintained the requirement is unnecessary and will discourage some people from voting..”
 

League of Women Voters Seeks Transparent Redistricting Process (News Clips)

“The Midland League of Women Voters met this week to hear a presentation about reforming the redistricting process in Michigan.”

Absolute Privilege? Absolutely NOT (News Clips)

“This bill smacks of an effort by some state lawmakers to avoid answering how they came up with strong Republican congressional districts in areas where the number of GOP voters has declined ... The Florida League of Women Voters says the proposed law “takes the smoke-filled rooms of state government and puts a clear billboard across the door: ‘Citizens May Not Enter.’”

CURBING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS — TWO APPROACHES (Legal Document)

By Eleanor Revelle (LWVIL and LWVUS Climate Change Task Force Member)

The United States Must Take Aggressive Action To Cut Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions To Stabilize Earth’s Climate (Legal Document)

The evidence is clear that human-induced climate change is underway.

The League of Women Voters Through the Decades! - Founding and Early History (Legal Document)

From the spirit of the suffrage movement and the shock of the First World War came a great idea - that a nonpartisan civic organization could provide the education and experience the public needed

Helping America Vote: Safeguarding the Vote (Legal Document)

Published by League of Women Voters Education Fund.

The League of Women Voters Through the Decades! (Legal Document)

Founding and Early History: