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[sheshe2]

[sabrina 1]

1. Perhaps then that is where the focus should be. The people who do not vote, many of whom feel their

votes don't make a difference. Seems we focus on registered voters when getting out the vote. Half the country doesn't vote, ACORN used to register non-voters which is why they were targeted of course. But who is doing it now?

[Tanuki]

5. Who is doing it now? NAACP and League of Women Voters, for starters

http://www.naacp.org/programs/entry/civic-engagement

http://www.lwv.org/member-resources/voter-registration

I'm sure either organization would welcome your support and participation!

[csziggy]

6. In Florida the League of Women Voters was intimidated by new voting laws

That placed punitive fines on organizations if they didn't return voter registrations forms in the required time - 48 hours even if the forms were completed on a Friday evening and the elections offices were not open until Monday morning.

LWV stopped registrations completely in Florida and concentrated on suing to overturn those laws. They won, but it hurt their efforts at a key time:

Election Reform

House Bill 1355 was an omnibus elections bill that contained numerous changes to Florida elections laws. It was passed by the Legislature during the 2011 legislative session and was signed into law by Gov. Rick Scott.

The provisions of the law include placing new reporting requirements on third-party voter registration organizations, which subject groups such as the League of Women Voters of Florida to fines if they do not turn in completed voter registration forms within 48 hours. The law requires groups that register voters to sign up with the state and list officers and the names and addresses of all members who will be registering voters. It requires anyone who is registering voters to swear an oath to uphold state election laws. The law also shortens the number of days allowed for early voting from 14 to 8. The law prohibits voters who live outside the county in which they are registered from changing their address at the polls and requires that these voters cast a provisional ballot.

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UPDATE

On May 31, 2012 Judge Robert Hinkle of the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Florida blocked enforcement of key provisions of Florida's controversial election law, HB1355, which places onerous restrictions on community-based voter registration drives. "Together speech and voting are constitutional rights of special significance; they are the rights most protective of all others, joined in this respect by the ability to vindicate one's rights in a federal court...[W]hen a plaintiff loses an opportunity to register a voter, the opportunity is gone forever," Hinkle wrote in his opinion blocking most of the Florida law. "And allowing responsible organizations to conduct voter-registration drives -- thus making it easier for citizens to register and vote -- promotes democracy."

On June 6, 2012 the League of Women Voters of Florida announced that it would resume voter registration.

More: http://www.thefloridavoter.org/resources/issues/election-reform

[Brigid]

2. Yes, ma'am!

[Cha]

3. Mmmm.. With the invaluable Help from OFA we

Need To Make That Happen in 2014!!

Thanks for the incentive message from Coretta Scott King, she~

[treestar]

4. Very true

A good goal