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Press releases and press clippings featuring LWVME.


Coalition Applauds Rejection of Voter ID; Skeptical About Need for Study, Press Release, January 25, 2012.

Election: Voters prefer sign-up flexibility, repeal law setting restrictions, Portland Press Herald, November 9, 2011.

Maine Watch/Your Vote 2011: The Ballot Measures, LWVME board member Ann Luther for Yes on 1, November 3, 2011.

Bangor council candidates share thoughts at forum, news coverage of League candidate forum in the BDN, November 3, 2011.

For democracy's sake, keep voting easy, LWVME board member Ann Luther's op-ed in the BDN, October 27, 2011.

Same-day voter registration increases turnout, studies say, LWVME board member Sarah Walton quoted in the BDN, October 4, 2011.

Sides gear up for ballot fight on fate of registration law, Portland Press Herald story featuring LWVME President Barbara McDade, September 16, 2011.

Immigrants take part in citizenship ceremony, from the Associated Press, September 16, 2011.

Maine Election Day Voter Registration Campaign Officially Launches, LWVME President Barbara McDade featured in MPBN story, September 15, 2011.

Rights affecting Maine voters talk, featuring LWVME Director Sarah Walton, Village Soup, September 14, 2011.

Maine People's Veto Of Voter Registration Law To Be On Ballot, LWVME President Barbara McDade in the Huffington Post, September 9, 2011.

People's veto of same-day voter registration ban will be Question 1 in November, Bangor Daily News, September 8, 2011.

League of Women Voters Urges Public to Testify Before Reapportionment Commission on August 23, LWVME press release, August 15, 2011.

MAINE COMPASS: Freedom of Information Coalition celebrates 10 years of advocacy, Mal Leary op-ed in the Kennebec Journal, August 15, 2011.

Signatures filed to force referendum on Maine's same-day voting law, Portland Press Herald, August 9, 2011.

Maine voters astute enough to reinstate same-day registration, LWVME President Barbara McDade's op-ed in the Portland Press Herald, August 4, 2011.

Portland Prepares for Voting Experiment in Crowded Mayoral Race, Portland Press Herald, July 26, 2011.

Petition drive seeks return of same-day registration, Kennebec Journal, July 17, 2011.

Coalition embarks on effort to restore same-day voter registration, Lewiston Sun Journal, July 8, 2011.

People's Veto Effort Launched to Repeal LD 1376, WABI, July 8, 2011.

Petition drive launched to repeal law that bans Election Day voter registration, Bangor Daily News, July 8, 2011.

Wording of people's veto is set, Portland Press Herald, July 7, 2011.

Seeking a vote on voting: People's veto campaign launches, thenewmainetimes, June 29, 2011.

Maine voting rule to go on the ballot, Boston Globe, June 24, 2011.

A Coalition of Progressive Groups Hope to Use the People's Veto, MPBN, June 23, 2011.

Bill signed ending same-day voter sign-up, Kennebec Journal, June 22, 2011.

LePage signs bill banning same-day voter registration, but critics vow to fight, Bangor Daily News, June 21, 2011.

Same-day registration repeal signed, Morning Sentinel, June 21, 2011.

Maine law ending same-day registration challenged, NECN.com June 21, 2011.

Voter ID bill heads back to committee, Kennebec Journal, June 18, 2011.

Quotes in column set Senate on fire, Morning Sentinel, June 11, 2011.

Senate agrees to end same-day registration, voting, Village Soup, June 9, 2011.

League of Women Voters Disappointed by Loss of Same-Day Registration, LWVME Press Release June 9, 2011.

Bill aimed at absentee voting resisted, Kennebec Journal, May 10, 2011.

Maine needs IRV,, LWVME President Barbara McDade's letter to the editor of the Bangor Daily News, March 27, 2011.

41 immigrants become U.S. citizens, LWVME gives voter registration cards to new citizens, Kennebec Journal, March 18, 2011.

Don't cast cloud over 'Sunshine Week,' LWVME Director Michelle Small's op-ed in the Brunswick Times Record, March 15, 2011.

Our View: Here's an idea: Candidates with the most votes win, editorial in the Portland Press Herald, March 13, 2011

Bill calls for majority governor vote in Maine, news from the Boston Globe, March 10, 2011.

Maine Lawmaker Presses for State Election Changes, news from MPBN including League Director Michelle Small testifying before the Maine State Legislature, March 9, 2011.

League of Women Voters Endorses Instant Run-off Voting, LWVME press release, March 8, 2011.

Frivolous legislation might keep some lawmakers out of mischieve, David B. Offer's opinion piece in the Kennebec Journal, February 22, 2011.

Prove there is a problem before requiring voter ID, editorial in the Portland Press Herald, February 21, 2011.

Proposed bill unwarranted, LWVME Director Michelle Small's letter to the editor of the Lewiston Sun Journal opposing Voter Photo ID requirments, February 21, 2011.

Bills to make it harder to vote are contrary to Mainers' long-held interests, LWVME President Barbara McDade's op-ed piece in the Portland Press Herald, February 18, 2011.

Require ID, but let's be fair about it, editorial in the Lewiston Sun Journal, February 17, 2011.

Bill would require voters to show ID at the polls, coverage in the Morning Sentinel, February 17, 2011.

Maine Lawmakers Consider Bills to Tighten Voting Requirements, coverage on MPBN, February 16, 2011.

GOP pushes to require photo ID to vote, coverage in the Kennebec Journal, February 16, 2011.

Don't raise voting barriers, Bangor Daily News editorial, February 11, 2011.

Proposed law would elect gov by ranked choice voting, LWVME Director Colleen Tucker and the Portland Area League on IRV, Portland Sun, January 14, 2011.

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