Year: 2010

Kansas Takes Steps to Ensure Voters Are Not Improperly Purged by Interstate Data-Match

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A seemingly harmless trend in voter list maintenance is to compare voter lists between states and cancel apparent matches. However,... Read more

Lawsuit Filed in Virginia over Access to Rejected Voter Applications

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One of the requirements of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) is that state records relating to voter registration and... Read more

Voter ID Initiative May Be on Mississippi Ballot, According to State GOP

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Mississippi voters may vote on a voter ID measure in November 2011, said state Republicans this week. According to the... Read more

Voter ID Debate Weathers Storm: Bill Passes in S.C., another Brews in Missouri

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After the state Supreme Court shut down Indiana’s contentious photo voter ID law as unconstitutional last September for unfairly exempting... Read more

Voters Still Disenfranchised by 120 Year Old Florida Statute

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Last month, our nation celebrated the remembrance of one of America’s greatest heroes, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who stands... Read more

Tennessee Bill Would Require Proof of Citizenship to Register to Vote

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A Tennessee bill requiring voter applicants to prove their citizenship status was scheduled to be heard today in the House... Read more

Living the Past in the Present: Voter Intimidation Tactics Still Thrive in America

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In observance of Black History month, it is fitting to revisit America’s less than stellar record in the ongoing effort... Read more

Senate Rules Committee Hears Dire Predictions in Wake of Citizens United Decision

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Those of us in the “democracy business” have been heartened in recent years by the increased numbers of young, low-income, and... Read more

Project Vote and League of Women Voters Announce High School Registration Project

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The League of Women Voters Education Fund (LWVEF) and Project Vote are pleased to announce a major new initiative to... Read more

New Brief Discusses Improvements for Counting Provisional Ballots

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Although the Help America Vote Act of 2002 provided “fail-safe” provisional voting to prevent the unnecessary disenfranchisement of eligible citizens who show up at the polls to find that they are not on the rolls, there are still thousands of voters whose ballots are not being counted. Read more