GUSA, League of Women Voters Encourage Student Voter Registration (News Clips) 10/18/2024 The Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) led a get-out-the-vote campaign Oct. 10 in partnership with the League of Women Voters (LWV).
Newsmakers: League of Women Voters (News Clips) 10/18/2024 SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — As Election Day approaches, two League of Women Voters members were on Newsmakers to tell host Andrew Donovan more about what the League does and what it represents.
Five Election-Related Legal Cases You Should Know About This Week (Press Release) 10/18/2024 October 18, 2024The League is at the forefront of the most important federal and state cases across the United States. Here’s a list of the top five election-related legal cases you should know about…
Voting After a Climate Emergency (Blog) 10/17/2024 Every person deserves to have their voice heard. No one should lose that opportunity because they’re the victims of a climate disaster.We put together this guide on what you can do in the wake of a…
Marcia Johnson Named Next Chief Counsel of the League of Women Voters (Press Release) 10/17/2024 The League of Women Voters of the United States is pleased to announce Marica Johnson, Esq. as the next Chief Counsel. Marcia will lead the organization’s advocacy and litigation teams, overseeing…
Voters and Voting Rights Organizations Praise Injunctions of Multiple SEB Rules (Press Release) 10/17/2024 ATLANTA — This week, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas A. Cox issued an order permanently enjoining several recently adopted Georgia State…, These decisions follow another order from Judge McBurney requiring county boards of election and their members to certify election results in…
Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice v. Allen (Legal Case) 10/16/2024 LWV Alabama and co-plaintiffs filed a federal lawsuit seeking to prevent the Alabama Secretary of State from wrongfully purging voters from the rolls
Victory! Alabama Voter Purges Put to a Stop (Press Release) 10/16/2024 Today, Campaign Legal Center, Alabama voters and civil rights groups successfully defended naturalized Americans who were unfairly purged from Alabama’s voter rolls. A federal judge halted Alabama’s…
MAJOR VICTORY IN LAWSUIT AGAINST TEXAS ANTI-VOTER LAW, SB1 (Press Release) 10/15/2024 In a victory for voting rights, a federal district court ruled Friday that a key provision of Texas’ anti-voter law Senate Bill 1 S(B1) violates federal law. Specifically, the court ruled that…
Climate Change's Impact on Rural Women and Girls (Blog) 10/15/2024 The changes now occurring to the climate system around the world affect us all, particularly women and girls. By 2050, it “will push up to 158 million more women and girls into poverty and lead to…