2013 – A Watershed Year for Voting Rights (Blog) 12/12/2013 The League’s Public Advocacy for Voter Protection Project is now entering its’ eighth year of working to stop voter suppression and ensure voting is…
#GivingTuesday Snapshot: The League’s Work on Immigration Reform and Gun Control (Blog) 11/26/2013 UPDATE: Celebrate #GivingTuesday by making a tax-deductible donation to the League now. As we’ve been sharing with you over the past few weeks, the…
NC Governor: Slashing Early Voting “Compacts the Calendar;" We Call It Voter Suppression (Blog) 11/21/2013 In August, North Carolina passed what civil and voting rights advocates like the League have called the most restrictive voting measure since the…
#GivingTuesday Snapshot: The League’s Work to Protect Voting Rights (Blog) 11/19/2013 UPDATE: Celebrate #GivingTuesday by making a tax-deductible donation to the League now. As we’ve been sharing with you over the past few weeks,…
Support the League’s Work and our Successes: Join us for #GivingTuesday! (Blog) 10/24/2013 UPDATE: Celebrate #GivingTuesday by making a tax-deductible donation to the League now. We have a day for giving thanks... we have Black Friday…
DOJ Sues to Halt North Carolina Voter Suppression Law (Blog) 10/2/2013 On Monday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit against North Carolina’s new voter suppression law. According to DOJ, the law…
Powerful Quotes on Voting Rights from the March on Washington (Blog) 9/4/2013 Last week, the League of Women Voters joined fellow civil rights groups and activists from across the country in gathering at the Lincoln Memorial…
My View on the March on Washington (Blog) 8/26/2013 The organizers could not have ordered better weather. The skies were clear, the sun was bright and, for late August in Washington, D.C., the…
Honoring Our Right to Vote (Blog) 8/26/2013 Ninety-three years ago today, following over seven decades of tireless advocacy, the 19th amendment became law and women gained the right to vote.…
The Importance of Women in the Civil Rights Movement & Social Justice Organizing (Blog) 8/26/2013 On Thursday, President Elisabeth MacNamara and staff of the League of Women Voters, including Executive Director Nancy Tate, attended the National…