League Thanks President Obama for Protecting Arctic and Atlantic Oceans (Legal Document) 1/25/2017 The League joined partners on a letter to President Obama thanking him for taking historic action to protect the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans from…
League Statement on Keystone Pipeline Moving Forward (Press Release) 1/24/2017 Washington, DC – The League of Women Voters president, Chris Carson, issued the following statement after President Trump signed executive…
League Joins Letter in Support of DACA (Legal Document) 1/23/2017 The League joined a letter with the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and other groups in support of the Obama Administration's 2012…
League Opposes H.R. 26, REINS Act of 2017 (Legal Document) 1/4/2017 The League joined a letter to the U.S. House in opposition to the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2017. Under the…
21 NGOs: Excluding Arctic and Atlantic from Offshore Leasing Moves U.S. Closer to Clean Energy Future (Press Release) 11/18/2016 WASHINGTON (November 18, 2016) – The Obama Administration took bold action today, announcing it will exclude the Arctic Ocean from its oil and gas…
Climate Change Lawsuit Breaks New Ground: League of Women Voters Joins in Historic Effort (Press Release) 11/18/2016 Washington, DC and Eugene, Oregon – On Thursday, November 8, a federal judge ruled that youth plaintiffs may proceed with their historic climate…
WJLA Good Morning Washington: Registering to VOTE 2016 & getting to the polls with the League of Women Voters (News Clips) 10/12/2016 WASHINGTON (ABC7) — The League of Women Voters was founded in 1920 as an outgrowth of the movement that secured women the right to vote to help…
Our Open Letter to the Presidential and Vice Presidential Debate Moderators (Article) 9/21/2016 Keep Voters at the Forefront of Debates To: Anderson Cooper, Lester Holt, Elaine Quijano, Martha Raddatz and Chris Wallace From…
League Files Amicus Brief in Juliana et al v. United States (Article) 9/12/2016 The League of Women Voters United States (LWVUS) and the League of Women Voters of Oregon (LWVOR) filed an Amicus Brief in the U.S. District Court…
League files Amicus Brief in Federal Climate Case (Press Release) 9/12/2016 The League of Women Voters stands with the Children in Federal Court to address Climate Change FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE …