Homeland Security Provision is Another Attack on our Democracy (Press Release) 3/12/2018 Washington, DC – League of Women Voters president Chris Carson issued the following statement in response to a Department of Homeland Security bill…
Supreme Court Preview: Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky (Blog) 2/28/2018 Today the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case of Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky. The case is a challenge to a Minnesota statute…
League Files Amicus Brief in Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky (Legal Document) 2/13/2018 Minnesota Voters Allinace v. Mansky considers whether a state law that regulates speech inside of polling places in order to protect the…
Husted v. APRI: Rallying to Protect Our Vote (Blog) 1/10/2018 Today is an important day for our voting rights. At the Supreme Court this morning Justices listened to arguments in Husted v. A. Philip Randolph…
New York Times: Supreme Court Weighs Purge of Ohio Voting Rolls (News Clips) 1/10/2018 This article originally appeared in The New York Times. WASHINGTON — In a spirited argument on Wednesday, the Supreme Court appeared…
Leagues Volunteers Visit 450 Citizenship Ceremonies, Register 25,000 to Vote in 2017 (Blog) 12/22/2017 A fixture in the voter engagement field for over 90 years, the League of Women Voters works to register and turn out new communities of voters, with…, In 2017, our New Citizens Voter Registration project resulted in 25,000 new Americans registered to vote. From metropolises like Houston and Atlanta…
Boston Herald: Election activists push for auto registration (News Clips) 11/12/2017 This article originally appeared in The Boston Herald. Associated Press The lackluster turnout in some municipal elections last week has…
LWV v. Rucho: NC's Historic Opportunity to End Gerrymandering (Blog) 10/20/2017 Editorial Note: This article was written by Jennifer Bremer, Statewide Coordinator for Fair Elections, League of Women Voters of North…
Texas Voter Data Protected for Now (Press Release) 10/5/2017 Texas Advocacy Groups to Texas Officials: Handing Over Voter Information Violates State Law Austin, TX – Local voter advocacy groups secured a…
Supreme Court Preview: Gill v. Whitford Challenges the Idea of Partisan Gerrymandering (Blog) 9/27/2017 The Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case of Gill v. Whitford on October 3. The case challenges the district maps drawn by the state…