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Water—Let's Use this Precious Resource Wisely! (Legal Document)

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

Helping America Vote: A Guide to Implementing the New Federal Provisional Ballot Requirement (Legal Document)

Published by League of Women Voters Education Fund. Helping America Vote provides recommendations that ensure provisional ballots serve their purpose.

CURBING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS — TWO APPROACHES (Legal Document)

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

Critics Say Proposed SC Law Would Shut Down Registration Drives (News Clips)

 “'Such legislation would essentially legislate groups that sign up new voters through registration drives, like the League of Women Voters of South Carolina, out of existence’, said [SC] League president Barbara Zia.”
 

MI Senate Oks Bills Requiring Photo ID to Register to Vote (News Clips)

“Critics, including the Michigan League of Women voters, AARP Michigan and the American Civil Liberties Union, said the bills would discourage voter participation.”

The War on Democracy (News Clips)

“The [SC] bill...would stop voter registration drives by creating burdensome regulations and stiff penalties for violations, up to $1,000. Voter registration drives are as traditional as Fourth of July parades, and they have been organized for generations by the League of Women Voters...”

Opponents of Photo ID See Threat to Same-Day Registration (News Clips)

“Opponents of the plan to require voters to submit a photo ID at the polls say they worry that it would eliminate election-day registration, which has helped drive up the state's [MN] voter turnout.”

Wisconsin Voter ID Law Becomes a Hardship for Colleges and Raises Concerns of a Poll Tax (News Clips)

“Wisconsin's controversial new voter identification law has the state's colleges scrambling since they provide ID cards that students will be able to use at the polls.”

Florida Women Voters Will Sue over New Congressional Maps (News Clips)

 “The new congressional district maps caused all sorts of shuffling ... today the League of Women Voters announced it will sue to seek to have them redone.”
 

Voter ID Law Limits Ability of Volunteers to Register Voters in Wisconsin (News Clips)

“Becoming a U.S. citizen and registering to vote in Wisconsin used to hand in hand. But thanks to the state's new voter ID law, that's no longer the case.”