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07.05.08

Customize, research your own ballot with voter guide

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06.08.08

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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]

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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