Maine is about to open party primaries to hundreds of thousands more voters (News Clips) 4/25/2022 This story was originally published in the Bangor Daily News. AUGUSTA, Maine — More than 350,000 Maine voters could vote in primaries starting in a…
LWVUS and LWVUT Support the Preservation of Utah’s Red Cliffs National Conservation Area and Reserve (Legal Document) 4/25/2022 The League of Women Voters US and the League of Women Voters of Utah wrote a letter to Sec. Deb Haaland urging the reversal of the previous…
LWVUS Urges Climate Action in the Senate (Legal Document) 4/21/2022 Following a new report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicating the importance of international governments…
League of Women Voters Responds to House Investigation into Election Disinformation (Press Release) 4/21/2022 WASHINGTON — Today the League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement on the House Oversight…, ### PRESS CONTACT: Shannon Augustus | 202-768-9578 | [email protected]
How Changing Our Economy Can Protect Our Planet (Blog) 4/20/2022 This Earth Day, many of us are asking one question: “What is my role in addressing climate change?” We see countless articles listing the “top ten…, Linear processes “take, make, and waste,” by taking materials from the earth, making a product, and moving it to a landfill at the end of its useful…
Ballot measure that would boost San Diego mayor’s hiring power gets key approval (News Clips) 4/20/2022 This article was originally published in The San Diego Union-Tribune. San Diego voters are likely to get a chance this November to give Mayor Todd…
Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear arguments on ballot boxes (News Clips) 4/13/2022 This story was originally published in the Associated Press. MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Supreme Court was scheduled to hear arguments…
LWV Fairfax Thanks Fairfax City Election Heroes (News Clips) 4/12/2022 This story was originally published in Fairfax, Virginia Patch Newspaper. In celebration of Thank Elections Heroes Day on April 12, the League of…
Being an Election Worker: 101 (Blog) 4/11/2022 One of the most important ways you can get involved in promoting the freedom to vote and keeping our elections fair and accessible is by serving as…, IL: All the way through college there was never an inkling that I would work in government. Then the perfect storm came along in 2011; there…, Did anything surprise you about the experience? What did you learn? PS: I never expected the work to be so satisfying. To see firsthand how…
U.S. SENATE CONFIRMS JUDGE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON TO THE SUPREME COURT (Press Release) 4/7/2022 WASHINGTON — Today the League of Women Voters of the United States Board President Dr. Deborah Turner and CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the…