In the Know: COVID-19 Voting Litigation (Blog) 8/10/2020 A national overview of the League’s COVID-related voting rights cases In early January, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) issued the first public…
LWV of Rhode Island and Partners Celebrate Decision Upholding Waived Witness/Notary Requirement (Press Release) 8/10/2020 Groups Stand Ready to Defend Voting Rights as Decision Is Appealed to Supreme Court Last week, a First Circuit Court judge upheld the ruling…
LWV of Pennsylvania Files Lawsuit to Protect Absentee Voters in General Election (Press Release) 8/7/2020 PITTSBURGH—Mail-in voting is a critical tool to ensure voters can participate in democracy while protecting their health during the COVID-19 pandemic…
People Powering the Vote: League Leaders and the fight for the VRAA (Blog) 8/6/2020 Today is August 6th, 2020. It has been 244 days since the Voting Rights Advancement Act passed the U.S. …
Federal Judge Orders Notice and Cure Process for Absentee Ballots in LWV North Carolina Case (Press Release) 8/5/2020 Over 100,000 Voters Will Be Protected in November with New Process GREENSBORO—Late today, a federal judge ruled in the League of Women Voters…
LWV of Ohio Files Lawsuit to Correct Flawed Signature Match Process for Absentee Ballots (Press Release) 7/31/2020 COLUMBUS—Today, the League of Women Voters of Ohio and the A. Philip Randolph Institute filed a lawsuit, along with an individual Ohio voter,…
5 Reasons to Have Confidence in Mail-in Voting (Blog) 7/29/2020 This guest post was contributed by Amber Stenger, co-president of the League of Women Voters of Johnson County, Kansas. Voters can…
FY20 Litigation Wrap-Up: A Comprehensive Review of Cases Leagues Are Engaged in Across the Country (Article) 7/29/2020 BY THOMAS TAI 7/29/2020 COVID-19 has upended America’s election systems. With federal standards varying by state, the …
League Calls on Senate to Address Health and Economic Consequences of COVID-19 (Legal Document) 7/29/2020 The League joined a letter calling on the U.S. Senate to address the health and economic impacts of COVID-19 by enacting legislation that…
Senate Stimulus Bill Fails to Protect the 2020 Elections (Press Release) 7/28/2020 WASHINGTON – Tuesday the League of Women Voters CEO Virginia Kase issued the following statement in response to the Senate version of the latest…