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League of Women Voters

noun

  1. a nonpartisan organization that works toward improving the political process: created in 1920 to inform women on public issues. LWV



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Good government types, from the League of Women Voters to Charles Munger Jr. — the billionaire who bankrolled the 2010 proposition that created independent redistricting for California congressional races — have criticized Newsom’s so-called Election Rigging Response Act.

He said other groups, including Common Cause and the League of Women Voters, have also voiced concerns.

The League of Women Voters of Arkansas has filed a lawsuit challenging some of the new laws, along with existing restrictions, arguing that they violate the U.S.

From Salon

Forcing otherwise eligible voters to obtain government documents “amounts to what we consider to be an unconstitutional poll tax,” said Dora Rose, deputy director of the League of Women Voters of California, who testified in opposition of the bill.

Celina Stewart, CEO of the League of Women Voters of the United States, told Salon that the bill would create "substantial barriers" for eligible voters that would especially burden low-income and working Americans, who may not be able to afford fees for document copies or have to take time off work to acquire them.

From Salon

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