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She relies on the League of Women Voters Guide for answers to any questions the residents may have.

2/16/12 - Republicans, League of Women Voters go at it over Voter ID "The author of a proposed constitutional amendment to require a photo ID when voting is offering an olive branch to the bill’s most vocal opponent.

....For Minnesota Republicans, the debate over photo ID legislation has placed the League of Women Voters in the ranks of Common Cause and the ACLU. Discourse has widened into open antagonism.

.....“The once-independent but now agenda-driven League of Women Voters,” is how GOP state Rep. Keith Downey describes the League in a newsletter to residents in his moderate Edina district. “The League's position on photo ID is just one small part of its overall policy agenda.”

‘‘If you look at the politics, the League takes positions that fall in line with a certain political party,” said Kiffmeyer, whose experiences with the League of Women Voters dates back to her days as Minnesota secretary of state. “A long time ago the League was less partisan. They are coasting on their reputation. How can we trust them to moderate a candidate forum? A hidden agenda as become an obvious agenda.”...........

1 posted on 07/29/2012 12:27:29 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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2 posted on 07/29/2012 12:35:32 AM PDT by Cindy
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I spit on the ground when I hear “League of Women Voters Guide”.


4 posted on 07/29/2012 5:15:45 AM PDT by rlmorel ("The safest road to Hell is the gradual one." Screwtape (C.S. Lewis))
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