Merrill v. Milligan (now Allen v. Milligan) (Legal Case) 10/5/2023 Plaintiffs sued in federal court to require Alabama to draw a second majority-Black Congressional district under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act
Common Cause Indiana v. City of Anderson Common Council (Legal Case) 10/4/2023 LWV Indiana and its co-plaintiffs filed a lawsuit against the Anderson, Indiana, city council asserting its failure to redistrict city council districts violated state and federal law
A Racial Gerrymandering Case at the Supreme Court: Alexander v. SC State Conf. of the NAACP (Blog) 10/3/2023 The League is invested in and carefully watching an important redistricting case, Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP. The case is an appeal from a ruling striking down South…
LWVUS Urges Congress to Reject Appropriations Riders Restricting Reproductive or Gender-affirming Health Care (Legal Document) 9/29/2023 The League of Women Voters of the United States joined a sign-on letter urging Congress to reject any appropriations bills that contained riders restricting access to essential health care including…
League of Women Voters engages Delaware Tech students (News Clips) 9/29/2023 This story was originally published in the Cape Gazette. On National Constitution Day and National Voter Registration Day, representatives from the League of Women Voters Sussex County dispersed…
The Hyde Amendment: An Abortion Barrier Hiding in Plain Sight (Blog) 9/28/2023 The Hyde Amendment prohibits the use of federal funding for most abortions. As a result, most people enrolled in public health programs cannot use their health care coverage to pay for abortion…
League of Women Voters works to register 18-year-olds for next presidential election (News Clips) 9/25/2023 This news segment originally aired on WBIR.
'Your vote is your voice': WSU celebrates National Voter Registration Day (News Clips) 9/24/2023 This article was originally published by The Sunflower. At the Voter Registration Day event on Sept. 19, members of the Shockers Vote Coalition and the League of Women Voters teamed up to inform…
How new state and local efforts are trying to register more people to vote (News Clips) 9/19/2023 This segment originally aired on PBS NewsHour. Organizers on Tuesday took part in National Voter Registration Day, a civic holiday to encourage and register Americans to participate in elections up…
League of Women Voters works to bring out the vote (News Clips) 9/18/2023 This story was originally published by The Meridian Star. September is national Voter Registration Month, and the east central Mississippi chapter of the League of Women Voters is working to help…