Florida's Field Hearing on Election Administration (Blog) 5/20/2019 This guest blog post was written by Karen Wilkerson, member of the League of Women Voters of Palm Beach County. On May 6, 2019, the House…
League Urges Representatives to Co-Sponsor HR 1923 (Legal Document) 5/16/2019 LWVUS sent a memo to all members of the U.S. House asking them to co-sponsor H.R. 1923, the Women’s History and Nineteenth Amendment Centennial…, May 16, 2019 To: Members of the U.S. House From: Chris Carson, President…
League Joins Groups Urging Presidential Candidates to Prioritize Democracy Reform Agenda (Legal Document) 5/15/2019 On May 15, the League joined over 100 organizations on letters to all announced presidential candidates urging them to implement a democracy reform…, The following candidates received letters: (May 15, 2019) Sen. Michael Bennet Gov. Jay Inslee Vice President Joe Biden…, May 15, 2019 The Honorable Michael Bennett Bennet for America PO Box 44494 Denver, Colorado 80202 Dear Senator Bennet, Congratulations on your…
Washington Post: Florida’s change to Amendment 4 is travesty and a transgression of the people’s will (News Clips) 5/15/2019 This story was originally published by the Washington Post. Cecile Scoon is a civil rights lawyer in Panama City, Fla., and first vice president of…
Honoring the Mothers of the Suffrage Movement (Blog) 5/14/2019 Last Friday, a major exhibit on the fight for the 19th Amendment opened at the National Archives in Washington, DC. I was honored to get a…, I was proud to see the archives honor the contributions of the women of color in the suffrage movement. We know the fight for women’s suffrage was…, To my surprise that evening, as I was reading one of the League’s documents on display, I ran into Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, currently the…
LWV and Democracy Groups Challenge New Tennessee Law That Undermines Voter Registration (Press Release) 5/9/2019 NASHVILLE – The League of Women Voters of Tennessee, along with American Muslim Advisory Council, Mid-South Peace & Justice Center,…
LWV Ohio Wins Fair Maps Lawsuit (Press Release) 5/3/2019 Ohio Election Maps Declared Unconstitutional Partisan Gerrymander, to Be Redrawn in Time for 2020 COLUMBUS – Today a three-judge panel from…
League of Women Voters Launches Nationwide Ad Campaign Supporting For the People Act (Press Release) 4/26/2019 S.949 Deserves a Hearing in the U.S. Senate WASHINGTON, DC – Following the introduction of the For the People Act in the U.S. Senate last…
LWV Celebrates Settlement to Reverse Discriminatory Voter Purge (Press Release) 4/26/2019 Naturalized Texas Voters No Longer Affected by Unjust Purge SAN ANTONIO, TX—The League of Women Voters of Texas and other civil rights groups…
LWV Celebrates New Michigan District Maps for 2020 (Press Release) 4/25/2019 Both State and Congressional District Maps to be Redrawn DETROIT, MI—Today a panel of federal district judges ruled in favor of the League of Women…