Expanding Voter Access

Expanding Voter Access

We fight to increase voters’ access to the polls, including expanding early voting, automatic and online voter registration.

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The Wisconsin Elections Commission considers several critical matters in its December 12, 2017 meeting, including ballot design, agency staffing and a UW-Madison study on the impact of the photo ID requirement. A statement from LWV WI discusses these matters.

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Assembly Bill 637 seeks to address some problems with the current absentee ballot process. While we appreciate the intent of this legislation, our statement outlines serious problems including the fact that it creates a two-tier system in which all absentee ballots are not treated equally.

ORLEANS PARISH EARLY VOTING

  •  Early voting begins 2 weeks prior to election day and lasts 8 days excluding Sunday and holidays.

 

Juliette Holmes speaks to the Moth about Voting rights in her family history
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A personal story about voting rights, a great audio listen.    Recorded by The Moth, previously broadcast on the Moth Radio Hour.

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For the first time since 2009, the June Carmichael Award for outstanding service to the League was presented, to Karen Bufka from the Northeast Kingdom group.

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We support action to protect the citizen's right to know, to facilitate citizen participation in government and to oppose major threats to basic constitutional rights.
Event Date: 
09/27/2017 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Event location: 

Denny's - First/Shaw

She will inform us on different voting topics in Fresno County. 

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Conditional Voter Registration

The Voter 2007 Edition

 

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