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…
UPDATE – Judges Scold Texas over Delays in Voter ID Case (Blog) 5/10/2012 Earlier this week, 3 federal judges issued an older scolding the Texas government on how it has handled a suit against its voter ID law.
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OH Election Law Heads to Governor (News Clips) 5/9/2012 “A contentious new election law was on track to being repealed in...Ohio after a bill to rescind the law cleared the Legislature on Tuesday, amid Democratic accusations that Republicans were…
Senate Hearing Targets Ohio Voter Suppression Law (News Clips) 5/8/2012 “Filling a federal courtroom and adjacent overflow room, some 300 Cleveland area residents heard two hours of testimony on Ohio's new voter suppression law at a field hearing May 7 called by U.S…
Voter ID: Election Security vs. Ballot Access (News Clips) 5/8/2012 “Minnesota lawmakers spent hours going back and forth on the Voter ID amendment, before finally passing it through both chambers ... The League of Women Voters is against the amendment saying it only…
SC Voter ID Law Painted as Larger Political Picture (News Clips) 5/3/2012 “Some see South Carolina’s voter ID law and other states’ efforts to tighten early voting as less of an attempt to curb voter fraud than some of the earliest volleys in the 2012 presidential race…
Pa. Voter ID Law Faces Legal Challenge (News Clips) 5/2/2012 “Ten regular voters say Pennsylvania’s new voter identification law will prevent them from voting in this November’s election and they estimate as many as 80,000 to 800,000 Pennsylvanians do not have…
Voter ID Suspended for [WI] Recall Elections (News Clips) 5/1/2012 “A pair of appeals court rulings this week make clear the state's new voter ID law will remain suspended through the May and June recall elections.”