Voters Won Today: League of Women Voters Prevails in Major Federal Voting Rights Case (Press Release) 7/29/2016 "Politicians have no business standing in the way of our right to vote."
League of Women Voters v. Newby Appeal Brief (Article) 7/20/2016 LWVUS and the state Leagues of Alabama, Georgia and Kansas filed a brief on appeal for LWV v. Newby. At stake is a pivotal decision which could affect voter registration access for tens of thousands…
Court Denies Motion for Preliminary Injunction in LWVUS v. EAC Executive Director Brian Newby (EAC) (Press Release) 6/29/2016 "We will appeal to protect the critical rights of voters in these three states, especially during this election year,” said Chris Carson, president of the League of Women Voters U.S.
TAKE ACTION: Repair the Voting Rights Act (Blog) 6/24/2016 June 25 marks the three-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision to gut key provisions of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). We’ve had three years of bad laws that make voting harder in states all…
League Initiates Making Democracy Work® Campaign for 2016 Elections (Press Release) 6/23/2016 League set agenda for the next biennium and elected unanimously Chris Carson of Burbank, California as the organization's 19th national president.
Reflections on the State of Women (Blog) 6/15/2016 I attended the United State of Women Summit hosted by the White House, which highlighted the White House’s initiatives on women and girls, was a star studded event with political heavy weights,…
League Members to Lobby Congress on Voting Rights (Blog) 6/15/2016 Hundreds of League members from around the country will be lobbying their U.S. Senators and Representatives on Capitol Hill to advocate for the Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA).
League Opposes H.Con.Res 89 (Legal Document) 6/8/2016 The League joined coalition partners on a letter calling for members of the U.S. House of Representatives to oppose H.Con.Res 89.
League Volunteers, Grammy Winners Reach Tens of Thousands of Voters (Blog) 6/2/2016 The League team is taking a moment to reflect on this spring’s “Use Your Voice” tour, featuring Patty Griffin, Sara Watkins, Anais Mitchell, and nearly 40 local League volunteer teams nationwide.…
EPA’s Clean Power Plan Continues to be Tested (Blog) 5/26/2016 Despite the stay on implementation of the Clean Power Plan, some states are moving forward to develop state plans to implement the regulation in their own jurisdictions. The LWVUS Climate Change task…