3 Takeaways from the Biden Administration's Speech on Voting Rights (Blog) 1/11/2022 Today, President Biden and Vice President Harris responded to a year of advocacy, including thousands of letters to members of Congress, hundreds of…
League of Women Voters of Wisconsin Files Lawsuit to Reactivate 31,854 Voters (Press Release) 12/22/2021 MADISON — Today, the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, represented by Fair Elections Center, Law Forward Inc., and Stafford Rosenbaum LLP, filed…
LWV's Achievements in 2021 (Blog) 12/17/2021 Happy Holidays! As I sit back and reflect on the year we’ve had, I’m blown away by everything we’ve been through…, One problem: fair maps are often threatened by racial and/or political gerrymandering, which occurs when politicians draw maps that dilute the power…, Our work didn’t end with the People Powered Day of Action. Throughout 2021, an estimated 180,000+ people participated in our…, Yet as more than 400 anti-voter bills hit legislatures across the country, the Biden administration failed to step up to promote federal…
Voting Rights Groups Announce Major Drive to Push Thousands to Call the White House to Pass Federal Voting Rights Legislation (Press Release) 12/16/2021 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, voting rights groups announced a major expanded effort to drive thousands of calls daily to the White House to urge President…
The League Tells the White House: No More Excuses, Voting Rights NOW! (Blog) 12/14/2021 Right now, our country can advance and protect our right to vote by passing the Freedom to Vote Act, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act,…, That’s as it should be. Our elected officials work for us and it is important both we and they remember that. The Biden administration also received…
LWV Responds to SCOTUS Decision on Texas Abortion Law (Press Release) 12/10/2021 WASHINGTON — Today the US Supreme Court ruled in Whole Women's Health v. Jackson that abortion providers have the right to challenge a Texas law…
Reproductive Justice Cases You Should Know About (Blog) 12/2/2021 Over the past few years, there have been increased attacks on access to reproductive care. In 2021, we saw the highest…
How Native American Women Inspired the Women’s Suffrage Movement (Blog) 11/29/2021 November is Native American Heritage Month – a time to honor and celebrate the traditions, contributions, and accomplishments of our Native…, Notably, Haudenosaunee women hold both the power to elect a chief and to remove him if he is found guilty of murder, theft, or…, Stanton likewise noted that “the women were the great power” in their societies and among many Native communities “the descent of…
LWV Statement on Guilty Verdict in Trial for the Murder of Ahmaud Arbery (Press Release) 11/24/2021 WASHINGTON and BRUNSWICK, GA — Today, the League of Women Voters of the United States and the League of Women Voters of Georgia issued the following…
LWVUS and LWV Wisconsin Joint Statement on the Acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse (Press Release) 11/19/2021 WASHINGTON and KENOSHA — Today the League of Women Voters of the United States and the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin issued the following joint…