Expanding Voter Access

 “Several normally tepid procedural rulings have sparked a flurry of divided opinions as the Florida Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments over redistricting maps ... ”
 

Florida Restricts Independent Voter Registration Drives
“... The state has imposed new rules restricting third-party voter registration drives, which are so onerous that Rock the Vote, the League of Women Voters and the Florida Public Interest Research Group Education Fund have had to suspend their volunteer-led programs.”
 

 “Last year, the Florida legislature passed a bill enacting requirements for groups conducting voter registration drives so onerous that even the League of Women Voters were forced to pull out of the state. Sensible individuals would see this episode as a cautionary tale. South Carolina legislators view it instead as a how-to guide.”
 

“... Elisabeth MacNamara, the president of the League of Women Voters of the United States, says, “The fact that this is being touted as a way of making the system more secure ... is just a false argument.”

“The League of Women Voters of Port Washington-Manhasset [NY]...takes issue with the vote taken by the North Hempstead Town Board on Wednesday...that created a redistricting committee made up only of appointees of the town’s nine-member council.”

 “This month, nearly 650 Berkeley County high school students registered to vote for the first time, thanks to the local chapter of the League of Women Voters. In Charleston County schools, the league signed up nearly 1,000 new 18-year-old voters. All of whom have proper ID, thank you very much.”
 

 “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..”
 

 “A broad coalition of groups is battling a measure ... requiring Nebraska voters to show identification before casting ballots. Members of the coalition packed the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday to protest in advance of first-round debate on the measure ... Larry Dix, executive director of the Nebraska Association of County Officials (NACO), said the bill is not needed.”
 

 “The League of Women Voters of Florida, with four lawsuits now in place against the actions of state legislators, prepped members at the Governors Club in Tallahassee Tuesday night, with a demonstration planned at the Capitol on Wednesday.”
 

 “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...”