Maine Senate passes bill giving state's electoral votes to national popular vote winner Maine's lawmakers passed a bill that would give the state's electoral votes to the presidential candidate who won the national popular vote, taking a step toward becoming the 15th state to enact such a law. More info @ https://cnn.it/2HXcMv5 Automated post from League of Women Voters of the Elgin Area - http://bit.ly/2dKZy4V May 28, 2019 at 01:11PM
Maine Senate passes bill giving state's electoral votes to national popular vote winner Maine's lawmakers passed a bill that would give the state's electoral votes to the presidential candidate who won the national popular vote, taking a step toward becoming the 15th state to enact such a law. More info @ https://cnn.it/2HXcMv5 Automated post from League of Women Voters of the Elgin Area - http://bit.ly/2dKZy4V May 27, 2019 at 09:34AM
Thanks to The League of Women Voters of Greater Rockford Illinois for sharing this good news.
Appeals court rules Trump end of DACA was unlawful A split federal appeals court on Friday ruled that President Trump’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was unlawful because “it was not adequately explained." More info @ http://bit.ly/2LTbPcs Automated post from LWV of the Elgin Area - http://bit.ly/2dKZy4V May 17, 2019 at 02:45PM
” What is especially concerning is that jurisdictions now excluded from federal pre-clearance under Section 5 of the VRA had purge rates that were significantly higher than other jurisdictions — leaving 2 million fewer citizens eligible to vote. “
Perspective | Almost 16 million voters were removed from the rolls. We should be alarmed. The worst practices are those that rob Americans of the franchise because of errors, overly aggressive attempts to clean voting lists and voting roll manipulation designed to influence elections and political power. More info @ https://wapo.st/2W5ayD1 Automated post from LWV of the Elgin Area - http://bit.ly/2dKZy4V May 17, 2019 at 11:22AM