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Expanding Voter Access

Lessons Learned – LWVWI Releases Report on Election Observers (Blog)

Leading up to the June 5th recall elections, LWV of Wisconsin worked with the nonpartisan Wisconsin Election Protection coalition to train citizens as volunteer election observers.

Pa.’s Tough, New Voter ID Law Tackles First Legal Challenge... (News Clips)

“The first legal test for Pennsylvania’s tough new voter identification law began Wednesday, with state lawyers calling the measure a completely rational step, while opponents attacked it as an unnecessary, unjustified and partisan scheme that will deprive countless people of their right to vote.”

Pennsylvania Voter ID Law under Investigation (News Clips)

“The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether Pennsylvania's new voter identification law discriminates against minorities, according to a letter released on Monday.”

New Voting Rules Create Difficulties, Reports Say (News Clips)

"What we saw were issues that could lead to disenfranchisement," said Andrea Kaminski, executive director for Wisconsin's League of Women Voters.”

Without a Photo ID, Some PA Voters Won't Count in November under Strict Law (News Clips)

“Sixty-year-old Wilola Lee of Philadelphia says she's voted in almost every presidential election since the '70s. ... But, in November, under the voter identification law passed in Pennsylvania, Lee may not be able to cast a ballot.”

[PA] League of Women Voters Spreading Voter ID Info (News Clips)

“The League of Women Voters is trying to make sure voters in Lancaster County [PA] are aware of the state's new identification law. About 20,000 voters in the county do not have the identification needed to cast ballots in the Nov. 6 election, and many of them do not know it.”

Focusing Outrage on the [PA] Voter ID Law (News Clips)

“...a coalition of [PA] organizations and businesses - the ACLU, NAACP, League of Women Voters, Committee of Seventy, Black Clergy, Brown's Family ShopRite, and Radio One, among others - secured a building where people can get the information and assistance they need to become eligible to vote under the new law.”

Ahead of Voter ID Trial, Pennsylvania Admits There’s No In-Person Voter Fraud (News Clips)

“As the Justice Department investigates Pennsylvania’s voter ID law on the federal level, a coalition of civil rights groups is gearing up for a state trial starting Wednesday ... Pennsylvania might have handed those groups and their clients...a bit of an advantage: They’ve formally acknowledged that there’s been no reported in-person voter fraud in Pennsylvania and there isn’t likely to be in November.”

MN Supreme Court Justice Suggests Photo ID May Be Unconstitutional Even if Approved by Voters (News Clips)

“During oral arguments … in League of Women Voters of Minnesota v. Ritchie [PDF], veteran MN Supreme Court Justice Paul H. Anderson suggested that the issue before the Court, of whether the ballot question was misleading, was more profound than even the League's attorney, William Pentelovitch, was characterizing it.”

Capitol Report: Wisconsin Joins Trend of Voter ID Challenges (News Clips)

“'These laws are hitting roadblocks because they were problematic to begin with,' says Andrea Kaminski, executive director of the Wisconsin League of Women Voters.”