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The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan organization established to promote political responsibility through informed and active participation in government. |
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LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS® OF FLORIDA |
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The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan organization established to promote political responsibility through informed and active participation in government. |
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FLORIDA'S RESTRICTIVE
THIRD-PARTY VOTER REGISTRATION LAW
MIAMI, FL—Today, the parties to LWV v. Browning, a lawsuit challenging Florida's onerous restrictions on third-party voter registration, entered into a binding agreement filed in federal court. The agreement comes the day after plaintiffs sought a temporary restraining order that would have barred state authorities from enforcing the restrictions. Under the agreement, Secretary of State Kurt S. Browning stated that he will not enforce the restrictions until the administrative rulemaking process is completed, which he estimates will occur no earlier than early July 2008. As a result, groups and individuals who conduct voter registration drives in Florida can proceed with their voter registration activities without fear of being fined under the law, until at least early July 2008. Plaintiffs to the lawsuit, League of Women Voters of Florida, the Florida AFL-CIO, and Marilyn Wills, president of the Tallahassee League of Women Voters, are thrilled with this result. Plaintiffs are represented by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and the Advancement Project, and by pro bono counsel Debevoise & Plimpton (representing the League of Women Voters of Florida), and Becker & Poliakoff, P.A.
Welcome to the League of Women Voters of Florida. During the spring of 1939, women in Winter Haven, Winter Park-Orlando and St. Petersburg, with the assistance of a past president of the national League, participated in the reorganization of the League which had been disbanded in 1937. The program of the new League was ambitious: (1) survey of state and county school systems, (2) study of state and local government and (3) foreign policy of the United States. With 27 Leagues spread through out the state, The League Of Women Voters Of Florida continues to study issues and promote political responsibility through informed and active participation in government. The League welcomes all people who have an interest in issues affecting them and their communities. The League works to build citizen participation in the democratic process and enables people to seek positive solutions to public policy issues through a process of study, consensus, and advocacy. While Leagues everywhere share fundamental similarities such as our non-partisan policy, each League has its own special characteristics. The League is organized to parallel the three levels of government: local, state and national. Any person of voting age, male or female, who subscribes to the purposes and policy of the League, may become a League member. All members receive subscriptions to the National Voter, the Florida Voter, and the Voter of their local League.
LWVF OFFICE, Photo Courtesy of Hugh Barclay, March 2007”
Phone:
850-224-2545 Fax: 850-222-4485
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