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Over the past 10 years, our country has seen a steady increase in the attacks on voting rights sweep across the states. From reductions in early voting opportunities to voter photo ID requirements to attempts to implement restrictions on the voter registration process, the attacks on our voting rights have been relentless. However, 2015 has bucked this trend.

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Last week, I had the honor of sitting with our national president, Elisabeth MacNamara as she connected state League presidents from nearly all 50 states on conference calls to share their experiences with their state’s legislatures. President MacNamara as well as the presidents of state and local Leagues all volunteer their time to serve in leadership roles with the League.

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Over the last week, we saw three big wins for voting rightsthe general public they show remarkable knowledge about his movements, much more than some world events," said Richard Callas, a senior environmental scientist with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. "No matter how you feel about wolves, when you see one it's amazing."

Far larger than coyotes, wolves were feared and hunted to near-extinction in the U.S. before being protected by the Endangered Species Act. They were reintroduced in the Northern Rockies in the mid-1990s, and some migrated into Idaho and Oregon, where they quickly reproduced.

California's wolf is known as OR-7 because he was the seventh in Oregon to be fitted with a GPS tracking collar. While most wolves stay within 100 miles of where they were born, OR-7 proved different: he trotted 1,000 miles from northeast Oregon