I was a member of the League of women voters...we believe in getting people out to vote, giving a nonbias review of propositions, and signing up people to vote...also people can sign up through department of motor vehicles...



Yeah... Nonbiased.. Right..


http://www.lwvoc.org/

Democracy Under Fire

Speech opposing the Elections Bill approved by the Florida Legislature given by LWVOC President Ann Hellmuth at a rally in Orlando on May 10, 2011.

We VOTERS and all citizens of Florida are under attack - not from an outside enemy, but from many of our own State Legislators!! These elected representatives, entrusted with our welfare, have passed bills that severely undermine our state election laws and your voting access.

It is time for us to act before the shadow of Jim Crow re-emerges in Florida.

We call on Gov. Rick Scott to veto the Anti-Voter Bill - aka HB1355. read more

Democratic process suffers if groups end voter registration drives


THE ISSUE: House passes regressive voter bill
South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com Editorial May 11, 2011

...The measure would cut early voting in half. It would ban the longtime practice of updating addresses at Election Day polls for the one in six Floridians who move each year. And it would bludgeon voter registration groups with burdensome prerequisites and late fines.

On Monday, the first casualty fell. Long a stalwart in voter registration drives, the League of Women Voters of Florida announced that if the bill becomes law, the nonpartisan group will abandon those efforts. read more