THREE-JUDGE PANEL STRIKES DOWN VOTER PHOTO ID LAW IN TEXAS (Press Release) 8/30/2012 Court agrees with League of Women Voters and Department of Justice Voter Photo ID is discriminatory
Forum, Website Allow Easy Access to Local Politicians (News Clips) 8/29/2012 “An exciting development for this year, League of Women Voters of Larimer County [CO] is participating in VOTE411.org.”
Editorial: [MN] Court Ignores Amendment Flaws (News Clips) 8/29/2012 "Two dissenting justices, Alan Page and Paul Anderson, said the full text of amendments -- not summary descriptions written by lawmakers -- should be on the ballot. ... In his lengthy dissent,…
Court Throws Out Texas Congressional Map (News Clips) 8/28/2012 “In a lengthy, sweeping decision, a federal court in Washington on Tuesday unanimously struck down Texas' new congressional map, ruling that the plan was enacted with "discriminatory…
Women's Equality Marchers Vote with Their Feet (News Clips) 8/28/2012 “With the November election just around the corner, the League of Women Voters of Vigo County [IN]...marked 92 years since women won the constitutional right to vote. ... Close to 200 people, many…
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…
A Race Against Time to Get Latinos Registered to Vote (News Clips) 8/28/2012 “...Since the provision on voting registration was overruled in Florida...the League of Women Voters has once again kick started their campaign to register and update the voter registrations...to get…
"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…
League of Women Voters [AL] Celebrates 19th Amendment (News Clips) 8/27/2012 “In the month of September 1920 alone, the first month after the 19th Amendment became law, the League of Women Voters of Alabama reported ‘123,000 white women and 100 black women had registered…