Expanding Voter Access

 “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.”
 

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

“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.’”

Published by League of Women Voters Education Fund.

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“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.”

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

“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.”

 “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.”
 

“A Democrat-controlled committee this afternoon blocked three separate bills to require photo identification to vote.”