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Tax Caps? Yes? No? The Pro's & Con's
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League of Women Voters of Indiana
2010 Regional Workshop
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.
A New Local League, Yes! LWV of the Ft. Wayne Area
In June, Indiana added its 19th local League of Women Voters of Ft. Wayne Area.
Indiana Voter ID Declared Constitutional by the Indiana Supreme Court
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.
Census 2010
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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