Seattle Times: Elections security: Email ballot return (News Clips) 7/11/2018 Washington is the only state that allows all voters to return a ballot via email attachment.
Talking Points Memo: Michigan Group Submits 430,000 Signatures For Measure To Expand Voting Access (News Clips) 7/9/2018 The League of Women Voters of Michigan worked in coalition to get a measure expanding voting access on the November 2018 ballot.
Supreme Court Clarifies First Amendment Protections at Polling Places (Press Release) 6/14/2018 Today, in a 7-2 decision that challenged political apparel at polling places, the Supreme Court ruled in Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky that parts of the state’s law are too subjective,…
Notes from the Field: Student Walkouts and Marches (Blog) 4/16/2018 Our volunteers have been out in force, working with passionate students to register new voters at their school walkouts, marches, and other events across the country.
Bustle: March For Our Lives' Gun Control Agenda Is Clear. Now It Needs To Turn Protesters Into Voters. (News Clips) 4/4/2018 "It is safe to say that we have never registered this many people, so early in the year, during a non-presidential election year."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Critics Say Citizenship Question on Census Could Lead to Undercount (News Clips) 3/27/2018 For the first time in more than half a century, the decennial census will ask respondents to indicate whether they’re a U.S. citizen or not.
League Files Amicus Brief in Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky (Legal Document) 2/13/2018 The League filed a brief in the case, Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky, which will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on February 28, 2018.
Leagues Volunteers Visit 450 Citizenship Ceremonies, Register 25,000 to Vote in 2017 (Blog) 12/22/2017 A fixture in the voter engagement field for 90+ years, LWVUS works to register and turn out new communities of voters. We aim to expand the electorate and ensure a democracy that reflects our…
Boston Herald: Election activists push for auto registration (News Clips) 11/12/2017 The League supports automatic voter registration. In Massachusetts, League Executive Director Meryl Kessler calls it, “the next logical step in the modernization of the electoral process”.
League Urges U.S. Senators to Cosponsor We the People Act (Legal Document) 10/24/2017 The Act provides an important roadmap for solving the vital issues facing our political system and serves as a vehicle to help renew Americans’ faith that the problems facing our democracy can be…