Win For Voting Rights in Pennsylvania: Judge Strikes Down Voter ID Law (Blog) 1/21/2014 Last week, a judge in Pennsylvania overturned the state's photo voter ID requirement stating it places an unreasonable burden on the fundamental…
Why "We're Not About to Turn Around": Honoring Martin Luther King's Fight for Voting Rights (Blog) 1/20/2014 EDITORIAL NOTE: This blog post was originally posted on President Elisabeth MacNamara's Huffington Post blog. This week, we honor the life of…
Citizens United Four Years Later – The Unleashed Tide of Secret Money (Blog) 1/17/2014 In 2010, the Supreme Court opened the floodgates to allow big money and special interest influence to flow into our political system when they…
LWV Launches Youth Voter Registration Program in 15 States (Blog) 1/14/2014 The League of Women Voters’ fourth consecutive Youth Voter Registration Program kicked off this week in nearly 40 communities nationwide. Over the…
This is a Game Changer – The EPA Needs to Hear From You (Blog) 1/13/2014 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published a groundbreaking new proposal, creating the first-ever federal carbon pollution standard for…
How Voter ID Laws Disproportionately Impact Women – And What We’re Doing About It (Blog) 1/2/2014 Prior to the November elections, media attention began to focus on an often overlooked population impacted by voter suppression…
Working to Protect the Vote – Looking Towards Election Reforms in 2014 (Blog) 12/19/2013 Last week, I blogged about how 2013 has been one of the most active years related to voting rights this country has ever seen. While there were many…
UPDATE: Leagues Allowed to Intervene in Proof-of-Citizenship, Voter Registration Case (Blog) 12/18/2013 Last month, we told you that the League of Women Voters of the United States joined with the League of Women Voters of Kansas and the League of Women…
Our #GivingTuesday Successes – Thanks to You (Blog) 12/12/2013 We did it! Thanks to supporters like you, our participation in last week’s nationwide day of giving - #GivingTuesday - was a huge success!As with all…
2013 – A Watershed Year for Voting Rights (Blog) 12/12/2013 The League’s Public Advocacy for Voter Protection Project is now entering its’ eighth year of working to stop voter suppression and ensure voting is…