League of Women Voters Applauds House of Representatives for Passing the For the People Act (Press Release) 3/8/2019 LWV Urges Senate Leaders to Vote on This Essential Bill WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed…
League Joins Amicus Brief in Lamone v. Benisek (Legal Document) 3/8/2019 The League of Women Voters of Maryland joined as amici on a brief filed in the U.S. Supreme Court case Lamone v. Benisek. The brief…
League Submits Amicus Brief in Juliana v. US (Legal Document) 3/5/2019 LWVUS and LWVOR submitted an amicus brief to the 9th Circuit in the case of Juliana v. U.S. The brief argues in favor of the young plaintiffs arguing…
League Files Brief in Rucho v. Common Cause at Supreme Court (Legal Document) 3/5/2019 The League of Women Voters of North Carolina filed an amicus brief in Rucho v. Common Cause at the U.S. Supreme Court. The League's case, Rucho…
Associated Press: Voting rights groups’ lawsuit against Ohio heads to trial (News Clips) 3/2/2019 This story was original published by Associated Press. CINCINNATI (AP) — Voting rights groups that charge that Ohio’s congressional map was unfairly…
League Urges Support of HR1 and Opposition to Tactics to Weaken Bill (Legal Document) 2/28/2019 The League of Women Voters joined other groups as part of the Declaration for American Democracy coalition in strongly urging members of…
99 Years Later – the League of Women Voters is Still Fighting for Voting Rights (Blog) 2/14/2019 Ninety-nine years ago today, the League of Women Voters was founded at the National American Woman…
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Blog) 2/12/2019 In December, the LWV UN Observer for Climate, Robin Tokmakian, and three Delegates (Rebecca Boyd of LWV Wilmette, IL, and Claudia…
Michigan Public Radio: Michigan's political maps go on trial in redistricting lawsuit (News Clips) 2/5/2019 This story was originally published on Michigan Public Radio. Was the last re-drawing of Michigan’s political district maps so biased in…
Leagues Register A Record Number of New Citizens in 2018 (Blog) 2/4/2019 The United States welcomes approximately 700,000 – 750,000 new citizens every year through naturalization ceremonies in communities across the…