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Florida Enters Uncertain Battle Over District Lines (News Clips)

 “Florida is supposed to be the Sunshine State, but the outlook is cloudy for the future of the Congressional delegation there.”
 

Independent Body Must Redraw Lines (News Clips)

“As a nonpartisan citizen's organization, the League of Women Voters has long supported the appointment of an independent commission for the redistricting process.”

For Martin and Medgar and Viola (News Clips)

“The fact that a standing-room-only crowd showed up on a Saturday morning to talk about the new voter ID law in Texas was encouraging.”

Groups Hope to Stop Wisconsin ID law (News Clips)

“Groups that have filed lawsuits include the American Civil Liberties Union, the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, and the Milwaukee branch of the NAACP. Attorneys aren't consolidating the cases, arguing they've taken different approaches to fighting...”

Kentucky Weighs Restoring Voting Rights to Felons (News Clips)

 “Restaurant manager Jason Marvin Smith of Elizabethtown said he accepts full responsibility for a felony that landed him on probation as an 18-year-old ... what riles him is that after completing his probation, he still could not vote ... League of Women Voters of Kentucky estimated in a 2006 report that about 168,000 people would be affected. Proponents, including the league, Catholic Conference of Kentucky and the NAACP, say that voting is the most fundamental expression of citizenship.”

In Senate Committee, Opposition to Voter ID (News Clips)

“More than 30 people spoke at the Local Government and Elections committee hearing, some speaking personally and many representing interest groups such as AARP, ACLU of Minnesota, and the League of Women Voters. They argued that students, the elderly...”

Here's a State Law that Needs No Fixing (News Clips)

“The League of Women Voters of New Hampshire opposes HB 1354. Our current definition of "domicile," which is also used in other states, makes it clear that living here for voting purposes is not the same as just visiting here or vacationing here.”

Bills Tightening VA Voting ID Laws Advance, Despite Outcry (News Clips)

"The measure drew the support of a tea party group and opposition from several organizations including the League of Women Voters and the ACLU, which see it as unnecessary."

Tea Party and Occupy Reps Find Common Ground (News Clips)
NY League of Women Voters Concerned about Redistricting (News Clips)

"Leaders of the New York League of Women Voters have seen proposals for redrawing the district maps for the New York State Legislature in this fall's elections, and they don't like them."