League Sends Letter of Support on Title X to House and Senate (Legal Document) 3/30/2016 The League joined with 61 other health care and reproductive rights organizations in support of $327 million in funding for the Title X Family…
Initiative Celebrates Centennial of Women’s Right To Vote (Press Release) 3/30/2016 League of Women Voters and Sewall-Belmont House & Museum Join Forces on March 30 Washington, DC (March 30, 2016) – Today, the League of Women…
Chester County, PA Coalition Working to Register 9,000 Women to Vote (Blog) 3/18/2016 Editorial Note: This guest blog post was written by Susan Carty, president of the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania and the League of Women…
League Sends Letter to U.S. Senate on S. 1176 (Legal Document) 2/18/2016 The League sent a letter to the U.S. Senate in support of Senator Udall’s Empower Act, S. 1176, legislation to repair the presidential public…
Compare the Presidential Candidates with our Voters’ Guide (Blog) 2/12/2016 The 2016 election cycle has been nearing a sprint for what seems like months, if not years. The first presidential candidates announced their…
U.S. Supreme Court Temporarily Halts Implementation of Clean Power Plan (Blog) 2/10/2016 Last night, the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily put the Obama Administration's Clean Power Plan on hold while challenges to the Plan will…
Reducing the Corrupting Influence of Money in Politics (Blog) 1/21/2016 In his State of the Union speech this year, President Obama mentioned that in order to make politics better, the American people alongside…
Everything You Need to Know About the Presidential Primaries (Blog) 1/20/2016 Primary elections and caucuses are a key part of the process of selecting the next president. They provide a crucial opportunity for voters to take…, What are Delegates? In the presidential primaries, voters select delegates who have committed to representing a particular candidate at the party’s…, Candidate debates and forums are core features of US politics that help voters learn more about a candidate and his or her stance on key issues. .…
Outlining the League’s Priority Federal Issues for 2016 (Blog) 1/12/2016 The League of Women Voters has the opportunity to play an active role on many priority issues in 2016. In addition to lobbying the 114th Congress in…
Fisher v. University of Texas Gets its Second Day at the U.S. Supreme Court (Blog) 1/11/2016 Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court, for the second time, considered the issue of racial equality in education in the case of Fisher v. University of…