Florida Judge Strikes a Blow for Voters (News Clips) 6/5/2012 “I count members of the League of Women Voters among my political heroes. Year after year, the League does some of the most important work of our democracy.”
Purge the Purge List [FL] (News Clips) 6/5/2012 “OUR OPINION: Scott administration should focus on access to voters, not impose obstacles,” Miami Herald
Austin [TX] League of Women Voters Endorses 10-1 Geographic Representation (News Clips) 5/31/2012 “The League of Women Voters spent a year studying how city council members are elected, and looking at what happened in other large cities that changed from an at-large system to one that was fully…
Coalition Challenges [MN] Voter ID Amendment (News Clips) 5/31/2012 “Four groups petitioned the Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday to remove from the November ballot a proposed constitutional amendment requiring voters to present photo IDs at the polls, saying the…
Foes of Ohio Union Limits Join Redistricting Fight (News Clips) 5/22/2012 “Ohio League of Women Voters director Ann Henkener, whose organization is spearheading the ballot effort, said Monday's announcement kicked off a week of signature-gathering and grassroots…
State [FL] Left Untouched Real Source of Voter Fraud (News Clips) 5/21/2012 “... Turns out the Division of Elections, working with outdated information from the DHSMV, has been demanding that county elections supervisors purge a number of legal citizens, both natural-born…
Women May Bear Brunt of Voter ID Laws (News Clips) 5/21/2012 Jo Sapp, Columbia-Boone County [MO] League of Women Voters member, on proposed Missouri mandate: “According to a Brennan Center study, millions of U.S. citizens do not have readily available…
Tacos and Votes – To Promote and Protect the Vote (News Clips) 5/16/2012 “A coalition of new, professional Latino civic leaders from established non-profits organizations [including the Houston League of Women Voters Education Fund] have united to celebrate the right to…
Kasich's Signing of Election Law 'Repeal' Doesn't End Debate (News Clips) 5/16/2012 “Ohio’s march toward what’s expected to be a nationally watched 2012 election took an apparently unprecedented step Tuesday, one that could put election officials into court before a ballot is cast…
Repeal of Contentious OH Election Law Heads to Governor (News Clips) 5/9/2012 “A contentious new election law was on track to being repealed in...Ohio after a bill to rescind the law cleared the Legislature on Tuesday, amid Democratic accusations that Republicans were…