The Stories Behind Voter Registration (News Clips) 7/16/2012 “A journey of 1000 miles begins with 46 voters Thursday, July 12 -- Despite the slashing rain, the jobless lined up for more than an hour Wednesday outside.”
Cost of New Voting Laws -- 5000 Volusia, Flagler Voters? (News Clips) 7/16/2012 “Noreen Brownson practically takes it personally that there could be 5,000 Volusia and Flagler County residents who won't get to vote in the primary because of tougher laws on registering new…
Facilitate Democracy at Your Library (News Clips) 7/16/2012 “As a part of our commitment to democracy, we encourage librarians to use their library’s website to promote Vote 411, a new tool the League of Women Voters provides that helps people register to…
Debate Rages over [PA] Voter ID Law as Court Challenge Looms (News Clips) 7/16/2012 “Josephine Givnin is 99 and a regular voter, but to cast a ballot this year she needs a photo identification card - which she lacks because she never had a driver's license.”
Rush Is on to Help Pennsylvania Voters Obtain IDs (News Clips) 7/16/2012 "'Unfortunately, those most likely to have problems [with ID] are being the most severely suppressed -- the elderly, minorities, those with a disability,' said Roberta Winters, the…
Florida Considering Settling on Voter Registration Case (News Clips) 7/16/2012 “...Florida League of Women Voter's Executive Director, Jessica Lowe Minor, said those changes have allowed her group and several other to start getting people signed up to vote. ‘Not all of the…
Photo ID Voting Laws Disproportionately Target Minorities (News Clips) 7/16/2012 “The fact is there are tens of thousands of folks in Milwaukee County [WI] who don't have a valid photo ID for any number of reasons but still manage to get by just fine. These are the same…
'Got Voter ID?' State Efforts at Public Education Vary Widely (News Clips) 7/16/2012 “As several states prepare to implement voter ID laws passed by their legislatures in November, TPM’s interviews with elections officials show that education efforts are all over the map.”
New Voting Restrictions: Solution to a Nonproblem (News Clips) 7/16/2012 “One would think that in a nation where so many citizens do not vote — 75 million eligible people in 2008 — legislators would spare no efforts to increase exercise of the franchise.”
Election Laws (News Clips) 7/12/2012 “FLORIDA'S state primary is a month away, the presidential election is four months off and the Palm Beach County League of Women Voters (LWV) is busy. During the lunch rush at JFK Medical Centre…