League Joins Call to Restore Funding for Election Assistance Commission (Legal Document) 7/12/2017 The League joined a letter in support of an amendment to the financial services and general government appropriations bill that would restore funding…
Talking Points Memo: While Kobach Commission Bumbles, DOJ Sends Its Own Voter Suppression Signals (News Clips) 7/11/2017 This article originally appeared in Talking Points Memo.By Tierney Sneed The voting rights community isn’t holding its breath for a “report…
League of Women Voters Acquires e.thePeople to Provide Nation’s Premier Nonpartisan Election Resource (Press Release) 7/11/2017 Combined Entity is the Clear Leader in Providing Trusted Information About Candidates Running for OfficeNew York & Washington – The League of…
League Joins Letter To Secretaries of State Regarding Pence Kobach Commission Data Request (Legal Document) 7/7/2017 The League joined a letter sent to all 50 Secretaries of State condemning and opposing the data request by President Trump's advisory commission. The…
Mother Jones: These Three Lawyers Are Quietly Purging Voter Rolls Across the Country (News Clips) 7/7/2017 This article originally appeared in Mother Jones.By Pema Levy Willie Miller was born in 1948 in Noxubee County, Mississippi, an agricultural…
LWV Statement on Election ‘Integrity’ Commission Fishing for Fraud (Press Release) 7/6/2017 Washington, DC – League of Women Voters president Chris Carson issued the following statement in response to the White House openly admitting the…
The Union Edge (Radio): A Model for Watershed Planning that Protects Drinking Water (News Clips) 7/4/2017 This interview originally appeared on The Union Edge.The league of Women Voters advocates for more than just voting rights! Bonnie Cox joins us from…
Washington Times: Voter integrity panel’s vice chairman questions states’ ‘idiotic’ withholding of information (News Clips) 7/2/2017 This article originally appeared in The Washington Times.By Stephen Dinan and Dave Boyer The vice chairman of President Trump’s new voter…
League Joins Letter in Support of Paid Family Leave (Legal Document) 6/30/2017 The League joined more than 340 organizations representing a range of demographic groups from more than 40 states in sending a letter to Congress…
Bloomberg: House Bill Would Ax Election Panel, Bar Limits on Money in Politics (News Clips) 6/30/2017 This article originally appeared in Bloomberg BNA. By Kenneth P. Doyle Republicans in Congress are supporting provisions in a new House spending bill…