Arkansas Voters File Lawsuit to Count Petition Signatures (Press Release) 9/2/2020 League of Women Voters of Arkansas Files to Protect Voters’ First Amendment Rights Fayetteville, AR—Today, the League of Women Voters of…
League of Women Voters of New Jersey Seeks to Intervene in Vote by Mail Case (Press Release) 9/1/2020 UPDATE: LWV of New Jersey's motion to intervene was granted on September 23, 2020. Read more about the case here. Voters’ Perspectives Must Be…
LWV of Mississippi Files Lawsuit to Ease Absentee Voting Restrictions during COVID-19 (Press Release) 8/27/2020 JACKSON, MS—Today, the League of Women Voters of Mississippi, the Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP, and three Mississippi voters filed a…
LWV of Ohio Challenges State’s Ban on Additional Ballot Drop Boxes for General Election (Press Release) 8/27/2020 Drop Boxes Are Important Option for Voters Who Vote from Home CLEVELAND, OH—Late Wednesday, the League of Women Voters of Ohio filed a lawsuit…
On Women’s Equality Day, We Continue the Fight (Blog) 8/26/2020 Women have the power to create a more perfect democracy, one vote at a time. If there are no barriers for them to participate fully, that is. One…
LWVUS Submits Letter to Senate on American Democracy Month (Legal Document) 8/26/2020 LWVUS submitted a letter to members of the Senate asking for them to co-sponsor S.Res. 672, a bipartisan Senate resolution to establish September…
Supporting the Deliver for America Act- Letter to House of Representatives (Legal Document) 8/26/2020 With the ongoing discourse around the United States Postal Service, LWVUS joined 50 other organizations in a letter addressing the U.S. House of…
LWV Signs Letter Expressing Concern on U.S. Terminating Relations with W.H.O (Legal Document) 8/26/2020 LWV joined public health advocacy groups in a letter expressing grave concern regarding the United States Government’s decision to…
What issues are you willing to defend? For me, it’s Equal Rights (Blog) 8/25/2020 This guest post was contributed by Sherry Macqueen of the LWV of North Carolina ERA League Action Team. Do you remember how you felt in…, I live in North Carolina, an unratified state. I am a member of the LWV of North Carolina and co-chair, along with Judy Lotas, our state ERA action…, My dad told me I deserve the same rights as your son - the same salary for doing the same job, the same standing under the Constitution. That can…, Opinion Editorials and Letters-to-the-Editor Two team members, Teri Walley and Judy Lotas, had both an opinion piece and a…
Kentucky Secretary of State and Governor Agreement Protects Voting Rights during COVID (Press Release) 8/21/2020 State Drops Onerous Requirements that Put Voters at Risk LOUISVILLE, KY—Kentucky has announced allowances and dropped several requirements for…