High Court Hears Case on Conflict Between State, Federal Voter Registration Law (News Clips) 3/18/2013
Our Voter Registration Work is Headed to the Supreme Court (Blog) 3/18/2013 A decision against the NVRA, which streamlined the state laws that hindered citizen-led registration drives, would threaten our mission and make the voter registration process vulnerable to attack.
Citizen-Led Voter Registration Drives at Risk in Arizona v. ITCA, Inc. (Press Release) 3/18/2013 “Restrictions on the use of the national voter registration application form like those by Arizona make it much more difficult to register eligible citizens to vote,” Elisabeth MacNamara said.
Second Pivotal Voting Rights Case Heads to Supreme Court (Press Release) 3/7/2013 This case puts independent voter registration drives, like those conducted by the League, squarely in the crosshairs of those that want to restrict access to political participation and voting.
LWVUS and LWVFL File Amicus Brief in Florida Purge Case (Article) 2/19/2013 LWVUS and LWVFL filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals arguing that a last-minute purge of suspected non-citizens by the state of Florida is barred by the National Voter Registration Act.
League President Elisabeth MacNamara appears on MSNBC's Jansing and Co. to talk about Voting Commission (News Clips) 2/15/2013