LWVUS Joins Public Statement of Concerns Related to the Impact of Police Funding Bills in the Wake of Dobbs (Legal Document) 9/21/2022 The League of Women Voters of the United States joined a public statement urging Congress not to enact laws that expand federal resources for…
State Legislature Seeks Unchecked Power over Elections in Moore v. Harper (Blog) 8/24/2022 Update: on June 27, 2023, SCOTUS ruled affirming the role of state court judicial review in a major victory for checks and balances and the…, The US Supreme Court denied the Defendants’ motion for a stay of the superior court’s decision, but ultimately accepted the Defendants’ writ of…, A ruling in favor of the North Carolina lawmakers would also invalidate any state constitutional provision that governs federal elections. Further,…, According to the Brennan Center for Justice, since the 2020 general election, 39 states have proposed at least 393 laws that would harm the political…
DC Reproductive Rights Depend on Statehood (Blog) 8/18/2022 This blog was written by Anne Anderson and Kathy Chiron of the LWV of DC. In August 2022, Kansans came out in droves to reject a proposed amendment…, Abortion Justice in DC In fact, Congress recently passed a budget bill that prevents DC from using locally raised taxes to help low-income…
LWVUS Urges USAID and the State Department to Demonstrate Their Commitment to Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice (Legal Document) 8/10/2022 The League signed onto a letter urging the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the US Department of State to take…
Women's Inequality Day (Article) 8/1/2022 August 26, otherwise known as Women's Equality Day, marks the anniversary of the certification of the 19th amendment, which granted some women the…, @lwvus August may be coming to an end, but the fight for women’s equality does not. #WID23 ♬ original sound - League of Women Voters , Throughout the month, 5.1k people sent letters to Congress demanding they take a stand for equality. Our CEO, Virginia Kase Solomón, discussed the…, Our Ad 35 women-run organizations in the equal and voting rights movements joined us in publishing a full-page ad in the Washington Post to…, Past Partners We're proud to have partnered with a diverse coalition of women-led organizations to promote Women's Inequality Day. Below are just a…, …
The League's Impact on Redistricting (Blog) 7/28/2022 In September 2019, the League launched its national redistricting effort People Powered Fair Maps™ (PPFM). PPFM aimed to create greater transparency…, Increasing Community Participation PPFM worked to increase community awareness and participation in the redistricting process through virtual and in…
NEW REPORT: LWV's 3-Year Redistricting Program Proves People Power Is the Path to Fair Maps (Press Release) 7/28/2022 WASHINGTON – Today the League of Women Voters published their 2022 redistricting report for the organization’s program People Powered Fair Maps™. The…
What You Need to Know About Kansas's Vote on Abortion Rights (Blog) 7/25/2022 This blog was written by Jacqueline Lightcap and Martha Pint, co-presidents of the League of Women Voters of Kansas. On Aug. 2, 2022, Kansas…, While the amendment itself is concerning enough — taking away a constitutional right is always serious business — placing it on the ballot in the…
Explaining SCOTUS's Abortion Decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (Blog) 7/22/2022 On June 24, 2022, the United States Supreme Court released its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning the…, What exactly does this mean? According to the Dobbs decision, relevant sources for gauging whether abortion is deeply rooted in history include:…, First, Justice Alito argued that the fact that early-stage abortion was not criminalized in early 1800s America does not mean that society felt women…, While Justice Alito argued that these rights are not affected by Dobbs, under the Dobbs logic, they are unlikely to be protected by the Constitution…, Yet the most important attribute shared by these opinions is the dangerous and oppressive effect they will have on countless people in this country…