League of Women Voters & Fort Circle Games Produce Women’s Suffrage Board Game (Press Release) 3/9/2023 WASHINGTON — The League of Women Voters of the United States and a local board game designer are excited to kick off Women’s History Month with…
League of Women Voters Responds to Senate Vote on DC Criminal Code (Press Release) 3/8/2023 WASHINGTON — Today, League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement after the Senate voted 81-14…
Selma and Current Threats to the Voting Rights Act (Blog) 3/7/2023 This blog was updated June 20, 2023. Today marks the 58th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, when state and local police attacked hundreds of civil…, The VRA also put in place an affirmative process for voters to sue any jurisdiction for racial discrimination in voting. Section 2 of the VRA, among…, Alabama is home to a government that is currently asking the Supreme Court to eliminate key protections of Section 2 of the VRA, but it is also home…
Letter: Why create more hoops for eligible voters to jump through? (News Clips) 3/7/2023 This letter to the editor was originally published in InForum. In November 2022, less than 43% of North Dakota’s eligible voters turned out to vote…
League of Women Voters Announces New Partnership with ACG Advocacy (Press Release) 3/6/2023 WASHINGTON — The League of Women Voters of the United States is pleased to announce a new partnership with DC-based lobbying firm, ACG Advocacy. The…
LWVUS Joins Sign-on Letter Urging Congress to Support Environmental Investments in the 2023 Farm Bill (Legal Document) 2/28/2023 LWVUS joined nearly 650 other groups on a letter to House and Senate agriculture committee leadership urging that they protect investments in climate…
League of Women Voters: Voting law bills make it harder to carry out the right to vote (News Clips) 2/25/2023 This opinion was originally published in the Casper Star-Tribune. The League of Women Voters of the United States believes voting is a fundamental…
Opinion: Legislature should restore voting rights to Kentuckians with felony convictions (News Clips) 2/23/2023 This opinion was originally published in the Kentucky Herald-Leader. Today, more than 161,000 Kentuckians are ineligible to vote because of a felony…
Letter: As reps of the League of Women Voters, we oppose ND bill that would ban approval voting (News Clips) 2/23/2023 This letter was originally published by The Forum. The League of Women Voters of North Dakota encourages voting methods that provide the broadest…