New Target in Voter ID Battle: 1965 Voting Rights Act (News Clips) 8/3/2012 “A landmark federal law used to block the adoption of state voter identification cards and other election rules now faces unprecedented legal challenges.”
Witnesses Say [PA] State Isn't Ready for Voter-ID Rule (News Clips) 8/3/2012 “Janice Horn, retired librarian and board member of League of Women Voters, testified she went to a PennDOT office in her home county of Clarion and found it staffed by a contract worker who said she…
[PA] Voter ID Day 6: Voter Confusion about New Law Rampant (News Clips) 8/3/2012 “Kicking off today’s testimony was Olivia Thorne, president of the League of Women Voters (LWV) of Pennsylvania and a 35-year member of the organization. The LWV is an organizational plaintiff in the…
Redistricting Measure a Safe Bet for November Ballot (News Clips) 7/31/2012 “With 750,000 signatures ... the coalition of good-government groups like the League of Women Voters seeking a constitutional amendment to change Ohio’s seriously messed-up system for drawing…
Pa.’s Tough, New Voter ID Law Tackles First Legal Challenge... (News Clips) 7/26/2012 “The first legal test for Pennsylvania’s tough new voter identification law began Wednesday, with state lawyers calling the measure a completely rational step, while opponents attacked it as an…
Pennsylvania Voter ID Law under Investigation (News Clips) 7/25/2012 “The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether Pennsylvania's new voter identification law discriminates against minorities, according to a letter released on Monday.”
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…