Purge the Purge List [FL] (News Clips) 6/5/2012 “OUR OPINION: Scott administration should focus on access to voters, not impose obstacles,” Miami Herald
Coalition Challenges [MN] Voter ID Amendment (News Clips) 5/31/2012 “Four groups petitioned the Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday to remove from the November ballot a proposed constitutional amendment requiring voters to present photo IDs at the polls, saying the…
League of Women Voters Registering LT Students to Vote Wednesday (News Clips) 5/22/2012 “Hoping to start high school students on a lifetime of voting, the League of Women Voters of the La Grange Area [IL] is sponsoring voter registration May 23 at the Lyons Township High School...”
State [FL] Left Untouched Real Source of Voter Fraud (News Clips) 5/21/2012 “... Turns out the Division of Elections, working with outdated information from the DHSMV, has been demanding that county elections supervisors purge a number of legal citizens, both natural-born…
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…
Wanted More Voters, Especially the Younger Ones (News Clips) 5/21/2012 “...we say kudos to the Pompton Lakes League of Women Voters [NJ] for turning out this week and offering Pompton’s students the opportunity register. They signed up 55 students from Pompton and…
Florida's New Election Laws Challenge Young Voters (News Clips) 5/17/2012 According to Dr. Carol Weissert, professor of political science at Florida State University: “Since the passage of this bill, third-party voter registration groups such as the Boy Scouts and the…
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…
League of Women Voters Kick Off a Voter Registration Effort (News Clips) 5/14/2012 “The League of Women Voters of Southeastern Connecticut will kick off a voter registration effort with sessions in New London.”