Raising Our Voices to Stop Climate Change (Blog) 7/30/2014 Congress will recess in a few days, but the League of Women Voters remains hard at work. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is holding…
League Submits Comments to EPA Regarding Clean Power Plan (Article) 7/29/2014 President MacNamara delivered comments on the Clean Power Plan on behalf of LWVUS at the EPA’s public hearing in Atlanta. The comments commend the…
Leagues and Redistricting Reform: Creating Representative Districts (Blog) 7/18/2014 Late last week, a Florida Circuit Court threw out the Congressional maps in Florida, drawn by the state legislature and adopted in 2012. The judge…
Florida Decision is Major Victory Against Partisan Gerrymandering (Press Release) 7/11/2014 “Court decision is a big step forward in fight for voter-based redistricting,” says League Washington, D.C. – Late yesterday, a Florida…
League Supports the DISCLOSE Act of 2014 (Legal Document) 7/9/2014 The League sent a letter to the U.S. Senate in support of quick action to enact the DISCLOSE Act of 2014. Members of the LWVUS Lobby Corps will also…
League Supports Reintroduction of DISCLOSE Act (Legal Document) 7/8/2014 The League joined a letter to U.S. Senators urging them to pass the DISCLOSE Act of 2014. The DISCLOSE Act would ensure that voters know the identity…
League Joins Amicus Brief in Montana Contribution Limits Case (Article) 7/2/2014 The League joined an amicus brief filed in the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Lair v. Motl. The brief urges the Ninth Circuit Court to…
UPDATE: Voting Rights Moving Forward! (Blog) 6/25/2014 There’s finally some good news on the voting rights front in Congress. Today, on the one year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision that gutted…
Voters Lack Vital Protections One Year After Shelby Decision (Press Release) 6/25/2014 Congress Must Act to Restore the Voting Rights Act Washington, D.C. – “Today may be an anniversary but it is not a celebration,” said…
One Year After Shelby Decision, The Fight Continues to Protect Equal Access to the Vote (Blog) 6/23/2014 EDITORIAL NOTE: This blog post was originally posted on President Elisabeth MacNamara's Huffington Post blog. This week marks one year since the…