League In The News

07.05.08

Customize, research your own ballot with voter guide

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06.08.08

Senate Forum Press

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05.05.08

VOTER ID: Quit making excuses: Get out and Vote

The U.S Supreme Court's decision last Monday supporting photo identification at the polls has stirred in me a sense of frustration.  [more]

05.15.07/The Washington Post

Sing It Again, Ladies, For D.C. Justice

I think the world might be a better place if it were run by the League of Women Voters.[more]

04.18.07/The Daily Report

Consultants Offer the Latest in Lobbying

New hybrid profession exposes murky area of Georgia ethics laws regulating the industry [more]

11.20.06/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

GOP Proposes Voter ID Amendment

In the latest attempt to get around complex legal problems, a state legislator wants to ask voters to amend Georgia's Constitution to give lawmakers the power to require photo IDs at the polls...[more]

8.28.06/13 WMAZ

Woman Works to Boost Student Voter Turnout

Students at Georgia College and State University got an opportunity Monday night to meet the candidates running to represent Georgia's new District 12. They also had a chance to register to vote thanks to one woman who's using political debates to influence voter turnout... [more]

7.6.06/ Georgia Trend Magazine

TRENDUpFRONT: League of Women Voters of Georgia

Measured against today's membership, the first meeting of the League of Women Voters of Georgia was a small one. The year was 1920...[more]

6.20.06/ Albany Herald

Critics Call for Delay in Enforcing Voter IDs

Civil-rights and good-government advocates asked the State Election Board Monday to delay enforcement of Georgia's voter ID law until after next month's primaries. [more/pdf]

4.13.06 / Washington Post

Official's Article on Voting Law Spurs Outcry

When he was a senior lawyer in the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, Hans von Speakeasy played a central role in approving a controversial Georgia voter identification program over the objections of staff lawyers...[more/pf]

11.30.2005 / The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Voter ID law too flawed for repair

When Georgia adopted the most restrictive voter identification law in the country, many critics — among them citizen advocacy groups such as the League of Women Voters, AARP and Common Cause, and even lawyers in the Justice Department — raised concerns about the constitutionality of the requirements..[more/pf]

10.19.2005 / The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Judge Halts Georgia Voter ID Law

Three weeks before municipal elections will be held statewide, a federal judge has suspended Georgia's new voter ID requirement after finding the law imposes an unconstitutional poll tax and will not effectively combat voter fraud ... [more/pf]

9.20.2005 / The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Suit Slams Voter ID Law

Voting and civil rights groups launched a legal assault Monday on the state's requirement that Georgians show a government-issued photo ID at the polls — a law they call the most restrictive of its kind in the country ... [more/pf]

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