Senate Takes Huge Step On Immigration Reform (Press Release) 6/27/2013 House Leaders Cannot "Put Their Heads in the Sand" Washington, D.C. – The League of Women Voters today hailed Senate passage of the…
LWVWI: Fighting Forward – Protecting Your Vote (Blog) 6/21/2013 Editorial Note: This blog post is written by Andrea Kaminski, Executive Director, League of Women Voters of Wisconsin. Did you know the Wisconsin…
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Voting Rights (Blog) 6/19/2013 On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a victory for voters when it struck down an Arizona law requiring documentary proof of…
LWV Reacts to Supreme Court Decision on the National Voter Registration Act (Press Release) 6/17/2013 SIGNIFICANT VICTORY FOR VOTERS IN SUPREME COURT DECISION Arizona v. ITCA Decision Protects Voter Registration Process from Political Manipulation…
Tomorrow’s Voters Already Making Their Mark (Blog) 6/12/2013 Today we welcomed four Austin, TX, ninth graders and their parent chaperones to the LWVUS offices. The four young women are in Washington, DC to…
Protecting Voters (Article) 6/6/2013 Rooted in the movement that secured the right to vote for women, the League has worked to foster civic engagement and enhance access to the vote…
Media Coverage Money Can't Buy... and Florida Never Wanted (Blog) 6/5/2013 Editorial Note: This blog post is written by Deirdre Macnab,President of the League of Women Voters of Florida. Even the Koch brothers can't afford…
Testimony by Elisabeth MacNamara on H.R. 2115, the Voter Registration Efficiency Act (Legal Document) 6/4/2013 STATEMENT BY ELISABETH MACNAMARA, PRESIDENTLEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE UNITED STATESFOR THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATIONON H.R. 2115, THE…
The Convergence of Immigration, Voting Rights and Commitment to Democracy (Blog) 6/4/2013 This moment of time in our nation’s history is ripe with opportunity to advance the promise of America or turn away from it. As a nation rooted in…