What’s going on with Moore v. Harper? (Blog) 3/28/2023 On February 3, 2023, the North Carolina Supreme Court voted to re-hear Harper v. Hall, a case concerning redistricting. The North Carolina Supreme Court’s upcoming decision could upend a pending…
Abortion Legislation is a Democracy Issue (Blog) 3/21/2023 Without the ability to make reproductive decisions for one’s body, those who can become pregnant cannot participate equally in our democracy. Further, since the Dobbs decision reversing the right to…
LWVUS Joins Sign-on Letter Urging 118th Congress to Support Environmental Investments in the Farm Bill (Legal Document) 2/28/2023 LWVUS joined nearly 650 other groups on a letter to House and Senate agriculture committee leadership urging that they protect investments in climate-smart agriculture and conservation in the Farm…
LWVUS Urges the EPA to Help Reduce Methane Pollution (Legal Document) 2/13/2023 LWVUS urges the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take additional measures to reduce methane air pollution from the oil and gas industry.
Ball v. Chapman (Legal Case) 2/8/2023 LWV of Pennsylvania and partners filed an amicus brief advocating that timely received mail and absentee ballots with dating errors or omissions should be counted
We Need Local Climate Action Plans (Blog) 1/31/2023 A concerted global effort is needed to fight climate change, yet global commitments to reduce carbon emissions are inadequate and slow. Local, regional, and state efforts are needed to step up the…
Women, Girls, and Climate Change at COP27 (Blog) 1/10/2023 In November 2022, the League sent delegates in person and virtually to observe the COP27 Climate Change Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Experts highlighted ways in which climate change…
Democracy Advocates, Elected Officials Lead Jan. 6 Vigil in Chapel Hill (News Clips) 1/9/2023 This story was originally published on Chapelboro.com. While much of the focus in Washington D.C. on Friday was more on selecting a new Speaker of the House, the day also marked a solemn…
We must work collectively to prevent another Jan. 6 (News Clips) 1/8/2023 This letter to the editor was originally published in the Daily Camera.
League of Women Voters Welcomes 118th Congress in Session (Press Release) 1/7/2023 WASHINGTON — Today the League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement after the 118th Congress elected Kevin McCarthy to be Speaker of the House: