League of Woman Voters files lawsuit over South Dakota petition circulation law (News Clips) 6/30/2022 This article was originally published by Dakota News Now. Back in 2015, there was a concern about hired employees brought to the state and paid to…
Springfield organizations mobilize to get women out for early voting (News Clips) 6/21/2022 This article was originally published in The State Journal-Register. There's a sense of urgency about voting in elections this year among a group of…
The League Responds to SEC Proposal to Require Climate Risk Disclosure (Legal Document) 6/15/2022 The Securities and Exchange Commission requested public comments on a proposed amendment to the Securities Act of 1933 and Securities Exchange Act of…
The Economic Cost of Climate Change (Blog) 6/9/2022 This blog was written by Diz Swift, Dan Zalles, and Carolyn Caywood Carbon emissions are causing widespread and potentially irreversible…, Climate Impacts are Not Equitable It’s important to remember that the costs of climate change are not distributed equally. In the US, low-…
League of Women Voters of New York State Files Federal Lawsuit to Postpone New York Statewide Primaries to August 23, 2022 (Press Release) 5/19/2022 New York City — The League of Women Voters of New York State filed a lawsuit yesterday in United States District Court for the Southern District of…
With Liberty and Justice for All (Except DC) (Blog) 5/10/2022 This blog was written by members of the League of Women Voters of DC District citizens do not have the liberty that folks across the US have. …, This has been a problem for centuries; for instance, it wasn’t until 1888 that the right to trial by jury was extended to District residents. It…
Maine is about to open party primaries to hundreds of thousands more voters (News Clips) 4/25/2022 This story was originally published in the Bangor Daily News. AUGUSTA, Maine — More than 350,000 Maine voters could vote in primaries starting in a…
LWVUS and LWVUT Support the Preservation of Utah’s Red Cliffs National Conservation Area and Reserve (Legal Document) 4/25/2022 The League of Women Voters US and the League of Women Voters of Utah wrote a letter to Sec. Deb Haaland urging the reversal of the previous…