New Voting Rules Create Difficulties, Reports Say (News Clips) 7/25/2012 "What we saw were issues that could lead to disenfranchisement," said Andrea Kaminski, executive director for Wisconsin's League of Women Voters.”
Without a Photo ID, Some PA Voters Won't Count in November under Strict Law (News Clips) 7/25/2012 “Sixty-year-old Wilola Lee of Philadelphia says she's voted in almost every presidential election since the '70s. ... But, in November, under the voter identification law passed in…
[PA] League of Women Voters Spreading Voter ID Info (News Clips) 7/24/2012 “The League of Women Voters is trying to make sure voters in Lancaster County [PA] are aware of the state's new identification law. About 20,000 voters in the county do not have the…
Focusing Outrage on the [PA] Voter ID Law (News Clips) 7/24/2012 “...a coalition of [PA] organizations and businesses - the ACLU, NAACP, League of Women Voters, Committee of Seventy, Black Clergy, Brown's Family ShopRite, and Radio One, among others - secured…
Ahead of Voter ID Trial, Pennsylvania Admits There’s No In-Person Voter Fraud (News Clips) 7/24/2012 “As the Justice Department investigates Pennsylvania’s voter ID law on the federal level, a coalition of civil rights groups is gearing up for a state trial starting Wednesday ... Pennsylvania might…
Health Care for All (News Clips) 7/23/2012 “The League of Women Voters of Santa Barbara [CA] will continue to educate our community on the ACA and its pivotal impact on their lives, and work to fully implement the law, while continuing to…
MN Supreme Court Justice Suggests Photo ID May Be Unconstitutional Even if Approved by Voters (News Clips) 7/23/2012 “During oral arguments … in League of Women Voters of Minnesota v. Ritchie [PDF], veteran MN Supreme Court Justice Paul H. Anderson suggested that the issue before the Court, of whether the ballot…
Capitol Report: Wisconsin Joins Trend of Voter ID Challenges (News Clips) 7/23/2012 “'These laws are hitting roadblocks because they were problematic to begin with,' says Andrea Kaminski, executive director of the Wisconsin League of Women Voters.”
[FL] League of Women Voters Responds to State's Plan to Continue Voter Purge (News Clips) 7/19/2012 “The League has doubts about the accuracy and reliability of the federal data match that the state is planning to undertake, and we call on Florida's leaders to ensure that eligible voters are…
Voter Identification: Don't Disrupt Elections (News Clips) 7/19/2012 “As the League of Women Voters of Michigan noted, that state ‘follows federal law for verifying new registrants' identity and the voter's signature is compared to the signature on file to…