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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]
2 Feb 2012, 9:12 am by Dawn Quarles
Citing the onerous new rules, many groups, including the League of Women Voters, have stopped registering voters in the state. [read post]
31 Jan 2012, 1:22 pm by Alisa Roth, ACLU
(The new rules are so tough that the League of Women Voters has stopped working in Florida.) [read post]
30 Jan 2012, 8:42 am by Suzanne Ito, ACLU
As we pointed out last week, the right to vote in that state is threatened by a new law that makes it nearly impossible for organizations like the nonpartisan League of Women Voters to register voters. [read post]
27 Jan 2012, 12:19 pm by Matt Coles, Center for Equality
In Florida, the League of Women Voters was so intimidated, it stopped registering voters. [read post]
These restrictions will no doubt have crippling effects on voter participation in this year’s election and have already led groups like the venerable League of Women Voters to pull out of all voter registration efforts in Florida. [read post]
20 Dec 2011, 5:21 am by firstamendmentblogger
Last week in Florida the League of Women Voters, Rock the Vote, and Florida PIRG filed suit in federal court charging that the state’s restrictions on voter registration efforts impose an unconstitutional burden on the groups’ rights of expression and... [read post]
15 Dec 2011, 12:01 pm by Rick Hasen
Brennan Center: “On December 15, 2011, the League of Women Voters of Florida, Rock the Vote, and the Florida Public Interest Research Group Education Fund (“PIRG”) filed suit in federal court in Tallahassee challenging Florida’s onerous new restrictions on community-based voter registration drives.” And just so you are not confused: “The League of Women Voters of… [read post]
29 Nov 2011, 10:01 am by Rick Hasen
The subpoenas were issued by a Washington, D.C. law firm that represents the League of Women Voters of Florida and the National Council of La Raza, a Hispanic voter advocacy group. [read post]
Elisabeth MacNamara, president of the League of Women Voters, addressed the increased difficulty that her organization has encountered in registering voters in states like Florida that have passed restrictive registration laws. [read post]
15 Oct 2011, 5:11 am by Rick Hasen
·         Democracy Network, the nation’s first and largest online source of candidate debates and voter information, which CGS prototyped in 1994, launched in 1996, built a Spanish-language version for Venezuela in 1998, installed in the nation’s first digital cable network, Time Warner’s state-of-the-art “Full Service Network in Orlando, Florida, partnered with AOL and 1998 and 2000 to offer candidate… [read post]
23 Sep 2011, 9:31 am by Lovechilde
Florida and Texas made it harder for groups like the League of Women Voters to register new voters. [read post]
6 Sep 2011, 6:24 am by Lovechilde
Berman provides a list of a dozen states that have approved these obstacles to voting thus far:  Kansas and Alabama now require proof of citizenship to register to vote; Florida and Texas have erected barriers to groups like the League of Women Voters to register new voters; Maine repealed a 1973 law that permitted Election Day voter registration; Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Tennessee and West Virginia cut short their early… [read post]
15 Jul 2011, 8:09 am by Rick Hasen
TPM offers this report, part of a new “Crackdown on Voting” series. [read post]
14 Mar 2011, 3:19 pm by Tanya Greene, Center for Justice
Martin O'Malley, and advocacy groups from across the political spectrum include the ACLU of Maryland, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Maryland Catholic Conference, Murder Victims Families for Human Rights, National Black Police Association and the Maryland League of Women Voters. [read post]
8 Jul 2010, 3:54 pm by Michael
Kudos to the League of Women Voters and the NAACP who brought this suit and are fighting for all of us. [read post]
7 Apr 2010, 12:20 pm by Steve Hall
The death penalty just created another victim.The League of Women Voters of Monroe County will discuss the death penalty on Saturday during another of its popular public forums at the Hughes Library in Stroudsburg. [read post]
23 Oct 2009, 9:14 am
The foundation has elicited help from academics and election officials from eight states as well as voter advocacy groups, such as Rock the Vote and the League of Women Voters, to guide developers in building the system. [read post]
29 Oct 2008, 3:59 pm
More voting resources in Nevada: The Nevada Secretary of State (list of county clerks and voter registrars state-wide) Election Information from the Nevada Women's League of Voters Nevada Online Polling Place Finder I'M ASKING LEGAL BLOGGERS IN EVERY STATE TO PLEASE POST THEIR STATE'S POLLING AND ELECTION INFORMATION:  PASS IT ON! [read post]