What’s Happening in the States? A Voters’ Rights Legislative Round-up (Blog) 5/12/2016 With most state legislative sessions coming to a close at the end of April, the action on voting rights in 2016 is shaping up to be very similar to…
North Carolina’s Restrictive Election Law Approved by Federal Court (Press Release) 4/26/2016 Real voters have been harmed; Signals deeper concerns for 2016 general election. Washington, DC — “The Federal District Court of Winston Salem…
Supreme Court’s Evenwel Decision Reaffirms Total Population as Basis for Redistricting (Press Release) 4/4/2016 Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court endorsed the current practice of drawing district lines based on the total number of people who live…
Women in Politics from 1920 to 2016 (Blog) 3/31/2016 With Women’s History Month 2016 wrapping up, League president Elisabeth MacNamara joined with other women’s political and history experts at the…
Initiative Celebrates Centennial of Women’s Right To Vote (Press Release) 3/30/2016 League of Women Voters and Sewall-Belmont House & Museum Join Forces on March 30 Washington, DC (March 30, 2016) – Today, the League of Women…
Chester County, PA Coalition Working to Register 9,000 Women to Vote (Blog) 3/18/2016 Editorial Note: This guest blog post was written by Susan Carty, president of the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania and the League of Women…
Voting Restrictions Must Be Stopped (Press Release) 3/9/2016 Washington, D.C. – Today, the League and its Alabama, Georgia and Kansas affiliates were back in court seeking a preliminary injunction in…
League Sues to Stop Documentary Proof-of-Citizenship Requirement on Voter Registration Form (Blog) 2/25/2016 Late last month, the executive director of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Brian Newby, acting unilaterally, approved requests from…
League Files Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction Against EAC (Article) 2/23/2016 The League filed a Temporary Restratining order (TRO) and injunction enjoining the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) and Executive Director Brian…
League Files Suit Against Election Assistance Commission (Article) 2/17/2016 The League of Women Voters of the US, joined by the Alabama, Georgia, and Kansas Leagues, filed suit in federal district court to stop the…