Arguments Today: Federal Voting Protections are Key (Press Release) 8/25/2014 Tens of thousands of people could find it harder to vote as Kansas and Arizona seek to impose strict proof of citizenship requirements
Setback in North Carolina on Suppressive Voting Law; Fight Continues (Blog) 8/20/2014 Earlier this month, a federal judge denied a preliminary injunction barring North Carolina’s new restrictive elections law.
How Early League Action Stopped Implementation of Wisconsin’s Voter Photo ID Law (Blog) 8/7/2014 Thanks to the work of the League of Women Voters and our coalition partners, no eligible voter in Wisconsin was disenfranchised by the state's state’s voter photo ID, which remains blocked by a…
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.
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, director of the Democracy Program at New York Uni
Why I Urged the EPA to Limit Carbon Pollution – And Why You Should, Too (Blog) 8/4/2014 Power plants are responsible for 40 percent of the carbon pollution in the United States, making them the single largest source of that pollution in the country. And while carbon pollution is…
Why We Must Revitalize the Voting Rights Act Upon Its 49th Anniversary (Blog) 8/1/2014 Voter discrimination cannot be tolerated in the 21st century. That's why we're pushing Congress to pass the Voting Rights Amendment Act, a flexible, modern answer to the problem of…
Raising Our Voices to Stop Climate Change (Blog) 7/30/2014 The League commends the EPA for taking the necessary steps to cut carbon pollution and fight climate change, while also urging the agency to establish even stronger carbon rules to protect our planet.
League Submits Comments to EPA Regarding Clean Power Plan (Article) 7/29/2014 President MacNamara delivered comments on the Clean Power Plan at the EPA’s public hearing in Atlanta. The comments commend the EPA for taking the necessary steps to cut carbon pollution and fight…
Protecting Voters, Restoring Democracy (Blog) 7/28/2014 Earlier this month, we attended a panel on the Democracy Restoration Act, a bill that would allow those released from prison to regain their right to vote in federal elections.