Federal Court Blocks Implementation of Mississippi’s New Voting Law (Press Release) 7/26/2023 JACKSON, Miss. — A federal court has granted a request by the League of Women Voters of Mississippi, Disability Rights Mississippi, and three…
LWVUS Joins Call to Protect Air Quality (Legal Document) 7/18/2023 LWVUS joined 60 partnering organizations in a letter to members of Congress in opposition to S.J. Res 31/H.J. Res 69. This resolution would roll back…
LWV Responds to 2023 Introduction of the Freedom to Vote Act (Press Release) 7/18/2023 WASHINGTON, DC — The League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement in response to the House…
Michigan elections are secure and accurate (News Clips) 7/11/2023 This letter to the editor was originally published in The Morning Sun. On July 4th we celebrated Independence Day, the birth of our nation. The…
LWVUS Joins Letter Urging Congress to Support National Paid Sick and Safe Days Standard (Legal Document) 6/15/2023 The League of Women Voters of the United States joined a sign-on letter urging Congress to support the Healthy Families Act, which would create…
Day in the Life of a Poll Worker (Blog) 6/13/2023 On May 16, 2023, I volunteered as a poll worker in my county for Pennsylvania’s municipal primary election. I recently joined my local League, and by…, When I walked into my session on training day, our facilitator set up two different voting machines and a slideshow with printed instructions on how…, 7am: Polls in Pennsylvania opened. I sat at the check-in table with my first job: placing ballots into the secrecy screen. Check-in operates…, 2pm: One of my favorite parts of the day was learning about all the different election worker responsibilities. While I was assigned to the equipment…