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31 Mar 2020, 5:45 am by Robert Brammer
In 1889, the Women’s Franchise League was formed with the aim of securing voting rights for single, married, and widowed women. [read post]
3 Nov 2016, 10:00 am
The case was brought on behalf of the League of Women Voters and other organizations by the ACLU, the ACLU of North Carolina, and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice. [read post]
28 Apr 2008, 6:32 pm
Coincidentally, on behalf of the League of Women Voters of Florida, today we filed a federal lawsuit to strike down that state's restrictions on voter registration groups. [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]
26 Jun 2011, 8:39 pm by Rick Hasen
This letter was sent to the Commissioners beginning: On behalf of AARP, Advancement Project, California Common Cause, California Chamber of California Forward, Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE), The Greenlining Institute, League of Women Voters of California, and The Rose Institute of State and Local Government at Claremont McKenna College, we write to provide specific  recommendations to ensure that the Commission draws districts that… [read post]
27 Oct 2015, 7:04 pm by Jennifer R. Dixon
Senator, Daniel Webster’s request to intervene in the widely-reported Florida redistricting case, League of Women Voters of Florida, Inc., et al. v. [read post]
25 Sep 2018, 3:47 pm by Lisa A. Mazzie
Today has National Voter Registration Day—a good time to remind everyone register to vote so that all eligible voters can make their voices heard on Election Day (which, by the way, is Tuesday, November 6). [read post]
26 Aug 2010, 1:15 pm by Betsy McKenzie
The League of Women Voters has a very nice website with a brief history of the struggle. [read post]
29 Aug 2018, 2:30 am by Lyle Denniston
A group of six college students in Florida joined with their state’s League of Women Voters chapter, filed a federal lawsuit when state election officials interpreted state law to mean that college campuses could not be the sites for polling booths in the early-voting periods allowed in Florida for primary or general elections. [read post]
15 Mar 2013, 6:03 am by Lyle Denniston
On the federal form, the would-be voter must declare that he or she meets voter eligibility requirements, including U.S. citizenship. [read post]
30 May 2016, 7:29 pm by Steve Gottlieb
., League of Women Voters of Albany County, NY, annual dinner meeting at the Normanside Country Club, Elsmere, NY June 2, 2016, keynote address, Justice Studies Association Annual Meeting at the University at Albany June 8, 2016, Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace, Bethlehem Public Library, Bethlehem, NY, 7 p.m. [read post]
14 May 2016, 1:12 pm by Steve Gottlieb
., League of Women Voters of Albany County, NY, annual dinner meeting at the Normanside Country Club, Elsmere, NY June 8, 2016, Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace, Bethlehem Public Library, Bethlehem, NY, 7 p.m. [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]
31 Oct 2019, 10:43 am by Matthew Borges
The lawsuit was filed by the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, it alleges that the ballot question violates Article XI, Section 1 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, does not contain the actual text of the amendment, and does not fairly and accurately inform the electorate of the issues and impact of the amendment. [read post]
13 Nov 2018, 9:58 am by Elizabeth Lowman
Voting rights groups League of Women Voters of Florida and Common Cause Florida filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking an injunction preventing Florida Governor Rick Scott from participating in the voting recount for the US Senate race, in which Scott is a candidate. [read post]
13 Jul 2015, 10:30 am
”  Along with our co-counsel, the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, the ACLU and the ACLU of North Carolina will be in court for the next two weeks challenging this law on behalf of the League of Women Voters and others. [read post]
1 Jun 2012, 2:18 pm by jleaming@acslaw.org
” The lawsuit was brought by the League of Women Voters in Florida, and joined by other civil rights groups, such as the ACLU. [read post]
23 May 2017, 2:32 pm by Anita Earls
North Carolina, as well as a pending partisan-gerrymandering case, League of Women Voters v. [read post]
3 Nov 2010, 1:19 pm by Susan I. Nelson
"MALDEF, founded in San Antonio in 1968, was the lead litigator for scores of plaintiffs, including the League of United Latin American Citizens, the League of Women Voters of Arizona, the Hopi Tribe and Project Vote. [read post]