League of Women Voters touts new guide as ‘Democracy Made Easy!’
The nonpartisan League of Women Voters of Florida has released its pre-election voter guide, including summaries of those pesky ballot questions and a candidate Q-and-A section. Click here to find the...
View ArticlePBS/League of Women voters scraps debates because GOP candidates are no-shows
The League of Women Voters and PBS canceled debates between the U.S. Senate and gubernatorial candidates because GOP candidates Marco Rubio and Rick Scott refused to participate. The League’s president...
View ArticleUpdate: Amends 5 & 6 sent to Justice Department after GOP delay
The House and Senate agreed Tuesday to send to federal officials the voter-approved Amendments 5 and 6, apparently ending an icy standoff between Republican Gov. Rick Scott and Democratic-allied...
View ArticleJust in time for 2012: Elections law rewrite clears House panel
A sweeping elections bill was approved 12-6 by a House panel Thursday, over opposition from unions and voter advocacy organizations who accused ruling Republicans of trying to tamp-down voter...
View ArticleLeague opposes court overhaul central to budget deal
The League of Women Voters of Florida weighed-in Tuesday opposing the House-Senate budget deal that includes asking voters next year to overhaul the state Supreme Court. “The constitutional amendment...
View ArticleElections rewrite taking shape in Senate
A rewrite of elections law in the nation’s largest presidential toss-up state edged closer to completion Wednesday, with the Senate moving closer to the House on a package derided by Democrats and...
View ArticleFeds say they’ll look into FL elections law changes
The U.S. Department of Justice will “carefully consider” changes to Florida’s elections laws under a bill Gov. Rick Scott is expected to sign into law this week. U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson complained to the...
View ArticleACLU takes on Florida’s new elections law; Scott says drug tests OK
Only a day after suing Gov. Rick Scott over his executive order requiring drug testing of state employees, the ACLU looked poised Thursday to fire another legal challenge his way — this time over the...
View ArticleLeague of Women Voters still wild about Charlie
With the state’s new elections law it opposed now challenged in federal court, the Florida League of Women Voters is rolling back the clock to honor former Gov. Charlie Crist next week. The league,...
View ArticleLeague of Women Voters, others urge Justice Dept. reject new Florida...
The League of Women Voters and other voter-advocacy organizations urged Justice Department officials Friday to reject the state’s new elections law, arguing that it creates hurdles for minorities and...
View ArticleFair District backers want Cannon to call off the lawyers
Days after a Miami judge ruled against a pair of Florida members of Congress, leaders of the so-called Fair Districts campaign Wednesday called on House Speaker Dean Cannon to abandon financing any...
View ArticleNelson tells Senate new voter laws violate ‘basic rights’
Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson called Tuesday for the Senate to hold hearings across Florida and other states where Republican-led legislative majorities approved strict new voting standards. Nelson...
View ArticleNelson wants Justice Department to investigate new voter laws
Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, whose bid for a third term next year may be hinged on a strong turnout among Florida Democrats, continued to put heat on the strict new elections law approved earlier...
View ArticleGraham leads new Conservation Coalition seeking to revive state programs
Former Florida Gov. and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham led a gathering of activists Wednesday calling for Gov. Rick Scott and legislative leaders to preserve the state’s water resources, while renewing its...
View ArticleSenate panel schedules Tampa hearing on Fla’s new voter law
Just days before Florida holds its first election under a voter law blasted by Democrats, a Senate panel announced Monday it will hold a hearing in Tampa to gauge public reaction to the new measure....
View ArticleVoting rights groups sue Florida over elections law
A coalition of groups – including the League of Women Voters, Rock the Vote and the ACLU - filed a federal lawsuit today against the state over an election law overhaul now being reviewed by a separate...
View ArticleFair Districts advocates blast redistricting plans advancing in Legislature
Organizations which backed the voter-approved constitutional amendments guiding redistricting Friday blasted proposed maps slated to be voted on later in the day by the House Redistricting Committee....
View ArticleScott signs congressional plan — court fight to follow
With no comment or fanfare, Gov. Rick Scott signed into law Thursday congressional boundaries approved last week by lawmakers — likely triggering another lawsuit by Democratic-allied organizations. The...
View ArticleVoters’ groups want more sunshine on staff work on redistricting
Organizations which disputed the Legislature’s first round of redistricting fired off a letter Thursday to Senate Reapportionment Chairman Don Gaetz urging that he make public the Senate’s latest...
View ArticleUPDATE: Bondi sends new Florida Senate maps to Supreme Court, oral arguments set
UPDATE: The Florida Supreme Court has set April 20 for oral arguments on the revised Florida Senate maps submitted for review today by Attorney General Pam Bondi. The Senate has hired former Supreme...
View ArticleFlorida Supreme Court OK’s Senate redistricting map in setback for Democrats
The Florida Supreme Court upheld the latest plan for redrawing state Senate boundaries Friday, a setback for Florida Democrats and allied organizations which had urged justices to declare the map...
View ArticleFederal judge blocks ‘harsh and impractical’ Florida voter registration...
A federal judge has issued an injunction barring enforcement of part of Florida’s controversial new election law, ruling that a 48-hour deadline for third party groups to turn in voter registration...
View ArticleLeague of Women Voters and Rock the Vote get back to work in Florida
After a federal judge last week blocked portions of a controversial new election law signed by Gov. Rick Scott last year, the League of Women Voters of Florida and Rock the Vote will get back to work...
View ArticleFL League of Women Voters: ‘No’ on all 11 proposed constitutional amendments
The League of Women Voters of Florida is advising voters to shoot down all 11 proposed constitutional amendments placed on the November ballot by the legislature. The measures include changes to the...
View ArticleFlorida’s redistricting fight continues on paper trail
A Republican-allied campaign research and consulting firm surrendered more than 1,800 pages of records this week but asked a judge Thursday to block a demand by Democratic-leaning groups for more...
View ArticleHealth care advocates warn that not expanding Medicaid will hurt business
Florida’s economy will slump if the state Legislature fails to embrace some version of Medicaid expansion, advocates and business analysts warned Wednesday. The League of Women Voters in Florida and...
View ArticleJustices to decide whether lawmakers must talk about redistricting
Florida’s ruling Republican legislators should be required to testify about whether they violated state law by secretly getting advice from party consultants before drawing new political boundaries,...
View ArticleWomen voters and business groups urge another look at Medicaid expansion
Even as Gov. Rick Scott is setting up what critics call obstacles in the path of the Affordable Care Act, some advocates Tuesday began a push for Florida lawmakers to revisit the idea of expanding...
View ArticleDemocrats chide Scott even after state drops plans for voter purge
The Gov. Rick Scott administration’s decision Thursday to drop a controversial plan to remove noncitizens and other ineligible voters from state rolls drew revived attacks from Democrats who had long...
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