Four Reasons Why We’re Excited About National Voter Registration Day 2014 (Blog) 8/6/2014 National Voter Registration Day is coming! Leagues around the country have kicked their election-season planning into high gear, with a lot of…
Organizers educate about new voter ID regulations (News Clips) 8/4/2014 ...registration form, in which case only votes for federal races will be counted. As for voter ID rules, on Tuesday, you will need to bring a…
Kansas, Arizona Require Proof of Citizenship for Voting (News Clips) 8/4/2014 ...succeed, I have no doubt that this will continue to be an agenda item, and it will be an ongoing battle in many states," said Wendy Weiser,…
Why We Must Revitalize the Voting Rights Act Upon Its 49th Anniversary (Blog) 8/1/2014 EDITORIAL NOTE: This blog post was originally posted on President Elisabeth MacNamara's Huffington Post blog. Next week marks the 49th…
Don't Miss Out On Important Elections - Update Your Voter Registration Record! (Blog) 7/29/2014 Last year alone, an estimated 36 million Americans, or about 11 percent of the U.S. population, moved homes. If you’re one of these individuals, you…
Why I Helped Register Young Voters (Blog) 7/25/2014 The 2012 election was the first major election in which I could vote. I had turned 19, and I was in my third month as a freshman at Tufts University…
How the League Helps Ensure Voting Access for Americans with Disabilities (Blog) 7/25/2014 This weekend marks 24 years since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the landmark civil rights law that prohibits…
How My Parents Inspired Me to Vote (Blog) 7/24/2014 I learned about the importance of voting from my parents. Immigrants from Peru, my parents never fail to vote in the elections for their home country…
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…
Visiting the Hill – Keeping the Pressure On to Pass the Voting Rights Amendment Act (Blog) 7/17/2014 This week, the League attended a special meeting on Capitol Hill conducted by Senators Mark Begich and Harry Reid concerning voting rights. We were…