See me after class: League of Women Voters writes report cards for Sarasota School Board (News Clips) 8/4/2023 This segment originally aired on WSLR. Official Transcript Johannes Werner: The Sarasota School Board has made national headlines for pushing…
LWVUS Sends Letter to Congress about the Freedom to Vote Act (Legal Document) 8/1/2023 While the League of Women Voters is pleased to see the Freedom to Vote Act introduced again, the bill is not perfect, and we are disappointed that it…
Federal Court Blocks Implementation of Mississippi’s New Voting Law (Press Release) 7/26/2023 JACKSON, Miss. — A federal court has granted a request by the League of Women Voters of Mississippi, Disability Rights Mississippi, and three…
LWV Responds to 2023 Introduction of the Freedom to Vote Act (Press Release) 7/18/2023 WASHINGTON, DC — The League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement in response to the House…
On Air Today: Jennifer Rubin of the League of Women Voters (News Clips) 7/14/2023 This conversation originally aired on 97.9's The Hill. Jennifer Rubin of the League of Women Voters of North Carolina joins 97.9 The Hill’s Brighton…
Quiz: How Well Do You Know America's Female Democracy Icons? Part 2 (Blog) 7/5/2023 How much do you know about our democracy’s Founding Mothers, from the eighteenth century to today? Test yourself below (or in our first…, Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress, led the fight for a constitutional amendment that would grant (some) women the right to vote.…, Secretary Debra Haaland, the 54th US Secretary of the Interior and first Indigenous Cabinet Secretary (she’s a member of the Laguna Pueblo tribe), is…, During the Stonewall uprising, this young activist said, “I’m not missing a minute of this – it's the revolution!” a. Marsha P. Johnson b.…
Another Voice: Participation by candidates essential to democratic process (News Clips) 6/15/2023 This opinion was originally published by The Buffalo News. More than 100 people came to the Buffalo & Erie County Central Library to ask…