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9 May 2012, 4:00 am by Philip Thomas
According the the League of Women Voters of Mississippi's website, the qualifying deadline for elections for the Mississippi Supreme Court and Court of Appeals is this Friday May 11 at 5:00 p.m. [read post]
9 May 2012, 4:00 am by Philip Thomas
According the the League of Women Voters of Mississippi's website, the qualifying deadline for elections for the Mississippi Supreme Court and Court of Appeals is this Friday May 11 at 5:00 p.m. [read post]
2 May 2012, 8:44 am
The league also complains, quite rightly, that the plan that the City Council plans to pass is so lacking in detail that it fails to satisfy the requirements for an urban renewal plan as specified in state law. [read post]
30 Apr 2012, 9:37 pm by Rick Hasen
  It’s “the ACORN-affiliated Project Vote, Advancement Project, Asian American Legal Defense Fund (AALDF), Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Brennan Center for Justice, Common Cause, DEMOS, League of Women Voters, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF), the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO).” That’s… [read post]
16 Mar 2012, 1:28 pm by Steve Hall
The League of Women Voters of Kansas submitted testimony arguing the state couldn't afford financial ramifications of the death penalty. [read post]
15 Mar 2012, 10:56 am by aallwash
Smith, former General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)and current Partner at Arnold & Porter Moderator: Danielle Brian, Executive Director, Project On Government Oversight (POGO) The event will be available via webcast from the Newseum’s homepage as part of the Freedom Forum FOI Day (http://www.newseum.org/) Brought to you in celebration of Sunshine Week by the American Association of Law Libraries, American Library Association, Association of Research… [read post]
14 Mar 2012, 10:35 am by The Law Office of Nancy King
A lawsuit filed by the League of Women Voters (LWV), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and other groups seeks to restore voting rights to about 85,000 people incarcerated in county jails or under the supervision of county probation departments. [read post]
13 Mar 2012, 10:46 am by Eugene Volokh
League of Women Voters (1984) held that even broadcast regulation must be closely scrutinized to prevent, at least, viewpoint discrimination and often even viewpoint-neutral content discrimination: Since, as we [have] observed …, “[t]he First Amendment’s hostility to content-based regulation extends not only to restrictions on particular viewpoints, but also to prohibition of public discussion of an entire topic,” we must be particularly wary in… [read post]
11 Mar 2012, 7:00 pm by Sherry L.
Sunshine Week is a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information.Sunshine Week 2012 National Dialogue is brought to you in celebration of Sunshine Week by the American Association of Law Libraries, American Library Association, Association of Research Libraries, League of Women Voters, National Freedom of Information Coalition, OMB Watch, OpenTheGovernment.org, Project On Government Oversight, Sunshine Week,… [read post]
8 Mar 2012, 3:48 pm by CJLF Staff
   Realignment Prompts Lawsuit for Felon Voting Rights:  The Associated Press reports that the League of Women Voters and two other prisoner's rights groups have sued California elections officials on Wednesday, claiming that tens of thousands of felons being shifted to county jails and community supervision under the state's new realignment law should be eligible to vote. [read post]
1 Mar 2012, 3:24 pm by Rick Hasen
District Judge Robert Hinkle did not indicate how he will rule on an injunction sought by the League of Women Voters, Florida Public Interest Research Group and Rock The Vote. [read post]
21 Feb 2012, 5:59 pm
Here's the League of Women Voters website with candidate's answers to various questions. [read post]
19 Feb 2012, 9:18 am by Rick Hasen
More than a half-dozen groups, including the Kansas chapters of the League of Women Voters and American Civil Liberties Union, make up the coalition. [read post]
10 Feb 2012, 2:41 pm by Rekha Arulanantham, ACLU
House Bill 4549, modeled after a Florida law that forced the League of Women Voters and other civic organizations to abandon voter registration efforts in the state, would effectively shut down community-based voter registration drives in South Carolina, requiring any individual or organization to register with the state before assisting other South Carolinians in registering to vote, and subjecting those individuals or organizations to up to $1,000 in… [read post]
6 Feb 2012, 12:18 pm by Katie O’Connor, Voting Rights Project
House Bill 4549, modeled after a Florida law that forced the League of Women Voters and other civic organizations to abandon voter registration efforts in the state, would effectively shut down community-based voter registration drives in South Carolina, requiring any individual or organization to register with the state before assisting other South Carolinians in registering to vote, and subjecting those individuals or organizations to up to $1,000… [read post]
3 Feb 2012, 12:31 pm by Rick Hasen
News from FLA: “The League of Women Voters of Florida and the National Council of La Raza had sought to take the six depositions as part of a broader legal strategy to block implementation of several controversial changes to election laws.” [read post]