League Submits Comments to EPA Regarding Clean Power Plan (Article) 7/29/2014 President MacNamara delivered comments on the Clean Power Plan on behalf of LWVUS at the EPA’s public hearing in Atlanta. The comments commend the…
Don't Miss Out On Important Elections - Update Your Voter Registration Record! (Blog) 7/29/2014 Last year alone, an estimated 36 million Americans, or about 11 percent of the U.S. population, moved homes. If you’re one of these individuals, you…
Protecting Voters, Restoring Democracy (Blog) 7/28/2014 Editorial Note: This blog post was written by the League's summer interns, Lily Klein-Evans, Claudia Maisch and Hana Migliorato Earlier this month,…
Why I Helped Register Young Voters (Blog) 7/25/2014 The 2012 election was the first major election in which I could vote. I had turned 19, and I was in my third month as a freshman at Tufts University…
How the League Helps Ensure Voting Access for Americans with Disabilities (Blog) 7/25/2014 This weekend marks 24 years since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the landmark civil rights law that prohibits…
How My Parents Inspired Me to Vote (Blog) 7/24/2014 I learned about the importance of voting from my parents. Immigrants from Peru, my parents never fail to vote in the elections for their home country…
Leagues and Redistricting Reform: Creating Representative Districts (Blog) 7/18/2014 Late last week, a Florida Circuit Court threw out the Congressional maps in Florida, drawn by the state legislature and adopted in 2012. The judge…
Shooting Target Left Outside Capitol Hill Office of League of Women Voters (News Clips) 7/17/2014 In an apparent attempt at intimidation, an anonymous person or group left a paper target riddled with bullet holes outside the League of Women Voters…
Women's Political Group Threatened for Supporting Gun Background Checks (Video) (News Clips) 7/17/2014 The League believes this was a threat against them for supporting I-594, The Washington Universal Background Checks for Gun Purchases, which is a…
League of Women Voters Targeted (Literally) for Supporting I-594 (News Clips) 7/17/2014 An anonymous individual (or individuals) left a target riddled with bullet holes on the doorstep of the Seattle-King County League of Women Voters'…