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The League of Women Voters is where hands-on work to safeguard democracy leads
to civic improvement. Join LWV where leaders are actively engaged in effecting change at the local, state, and national level.
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Please join us at the regional workshop in Kokomo!
Date: Saturday 11 September 2010
Site: Indiana University, Kokomo
I urge all League members who didn't attend the Southern workshop to attend the Northern fall workshop! Click here for more information and to register.
In June, Indiana added its 19th local League of Women Voters of Ft. Wayne Area.
On June 30, 2010, the Indiana Supreme Court reached a 4-1 decision declaring the state's 2005 Voter ID law constitutional. This action culminated a long sequence of events. Following a 2009 Indiana Court of Appeals decision declaring the Indiana Voter ID law unconstitutional (because it violates the Equal Privileges and Immunities Clause of the Indiana Constitution, Article 1, Section 23; read the opinion here), the defendant, Todd Rokita, in his role as Secretary of State, petitioned to transfer the case to the Indiana Supreme Court. On January 25, 2010, that court issued the Petition to Transfer, and scheduled oral arguments for March 4, 2010. The Supreme Court decision, filed on June 30, 2010, revealed a four-to-one vote affirming “the judgment of the trial court granting the appellee’s motion to dismiss and rejecting the plaintiff’s claims that the Indiana Voter ID Law contravened Article 2, Section 2 or Article 1, Section 23 of the Indiana Constitution.”
Although the League did not win this case, the door is open for making future cases. Justice Boehm's dissenting opinion held that, “I think both precedent and the language of the Indiana Constitution dictate that the voter ID requirement is an unauthorized qualification for casting a ballot,” and, “I would remand this case to permit the plaintiffs to attempt to prove their case.” (Read the complete Indiana Supreme court opinion here.)
Read the LWVIN press release following the filing of the opinion.
Read more about the Indiana Voter ID law, including the law itself, the previous legal battle in the Supreme Court of the United States, the challenge's progress through the Indiana courts, and the possible next steps.
The Census is a right fit for Leagues across the country:
it is a local civic event, it is inclusive, it is consequential, it is non partisan. Participate!

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by Karen Kay Leonard, President
When I hear the phrase “the common good,” it inevitably takes my mind to League of Women Voters. In my experience, the League is the only non-faith organization that consistently looks beyond itself when creating positions on issues, striving to understand what would serve the common good.
The common good does not take into account whether my friends or I will make money or lose money if a certain policy is enacted.
Continued here.

- ID behind the ID
by Karen Kay Leonard, LWVIN President
On Sept. 17, 2009, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Indiana's Voter ID law invalid, yet regulations still will require voters to show a photo ID at the polls on Nov. 3. Indiana's voter ID must be issued by the federal or Indiana government and must display a photo, a name reasonably corresponding to that in the poll book, and an expiration date. Granted, since this is the “off year” for elections, fewer voters than usual will be affected by this requirement, but that is no reason to ignore the hurdles one must pass in order to obtain such a document.
Continued here.

- Healthcare Issues and the Breath of Life
by Karen Kay Leonard, LWVIN President
READ ARTICLE HERE
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- Legislative Action Network
Legislative Action Network Week #10 March 8 - 12, 2010 Paulette Vandegriff, LAN Coordinator
Click here to view PDF
Legislative Action Network Week #9 March 1 - 5, 2010 Paulette Vandegriff, LAN Coordinator
Click here to view PDF
Week #4 January25-29, 2010
Week #5 February 1-5, 2010
Week #6 February 8-12, 2010
Paulette Vandegriff, LAN Coordinator
Click here to view PDF
Click here to view 2010 Bill Watch
ICHS 2010 Public Policy Statement
IFPI Vote Centers and Election Costs Report
IFPI Vote Cent ers and Election Cost Summary
Bowen Center Vote Summary
Legislative Action Network Week #3
January 18 - 22, 2010
Paulette Vandegriff, LAN Coordinator
Click here to view PDF
- LWVIN files suit against the constitutionality of the Indiana Voter ID Law!

- Check these three sites for non-partisan information on candidates.

Link to Vote411 ( www.vote411.org )
Link to Project Vote Smart
( www.vote-smart.org )

Check here for the accuracy of what is said by major US political players in their TV ads, debates and speeches
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