A Solution in Search of a Problem (News Clips) 8/28/2012 “If Wisconsin had a problem with voter fraud, the action taken by state Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen last week would be more understandable. ...But the state doesn't have a problem... Van…
"Let voters choose their legislators" (News Clips) 8/28/2012 “Consider the League of Women Voters valuable study “Shining a Light: Redistricting Lessons Learned in 2011” by reading an introductory article, “New League report details redistricting lessons…
[MN] Supreme Court Rules Both Suits in Legislature’s Favor (News Clips) 8/28/2012 “The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Legislature’s voter ID ballot question will stay on the ballot as originally written after voter ID opponents [including the League] filed a lawsuit…
Changing Ohio's Legislative Map (News Clips) 8/27/2012 Ann Henkener, LWV of Ohio board member: ”Voters and taxpayers deserve balance, transparency and accountability any time their tax dollars are being spent. In return for hundreds of thousands of…
Group to Sue for [OH] Purge of the Rolls (News Clips) 8/27/2012 “The combative tone of the session left Peg Rosenfield, elections specialist of the Ohio League of Women Voters, ‘disturbed and frankly a little frightened.’ ‘This is a terrible indictment of the…
SC Voter ID Law Sparks Federal Trial, Puts State's Racial Past on Stand (News Clips) 8/27/2012 “A federal trial opening Monday will examine the legality of South Carolina’s new voter ID law and also put on display the state’s history of racial discrimination.”
Florida Election Laws Threaten the Vote in a Key Swing State (News Clips) 8/24/2012 “Although state officials are quick to point out that early voting increased in the 2012 primaries, it’s unfortunate to see that limiting certain voters’ access to the polls matters more to them than…
Speakers at Augusta [ME] Forum Unite against Voter ID Requirements (News Clips) 8/24/2012 “Don’t seek solutions to nonexistent problems. ... During a public forum that stretched more than two hours...roughly 20 speakers shared variations on that refrain with a five-member commission…
[OH] Early Voting Advocates Offer Compromise on Weekend Hours (News Clips) 8/24/2012 "The Ohio League of Women Voters is offering a compromise to settle the intense battle over early voting in the November election"
Fights over Early Voting Intensify in Ohio, Florida (News Clips) 8/24/2012 “...this year, Republican officials have decreed that polling places will not be open on the weekend before the Nov. 6 election, embroiling both states in a continuing partisan controversy.”