League of Women Voters and Voting Rights Advocates Notify Georgia of State and Federal Voting Violations (Press Release) 9/29/2022 Lawrenceville, GA – Today the League of Women Voters of Georgia along with other voting rights advocates, notified the Georgia Secretary of State and…
LWVUS Joins Public Statement of Concerns Related to the Impact of Police Funding Bills in the Wake of Dobbs (Legal Document) 9/21/2022 The League of Women Voters of the United States joined a public statement urging Congress not to enact laws that expand federal resources for…
California's eligible voters need protections to ensure they can cast ballots (News Clips) 9/20/2022 This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. By: Dora Jones, deputy director of the League of Women Voters of California. Brittany…
Voter registration organizations say new laws create legal jeopardy (News Clips) 9/19/2022 This story was originally published in Votebeat. National Voter Registration Day is on Tuesday. Finally, a chance to write about something…
Second Lawsuit Filed: Missouri NAACP and League of Women Voters Sue State of Missouri, John Ashcroft over New Voter ID Restrictions (Press Release) 8/24/2022 Jefferson City, Mo. — The American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri and the Missouri Voter Protection Coalition filed a lawsuit against the…
State Legislature Seeks Unchecked Power over Elections in Moore v. Harper (Blog) 8/24/2022 Update: on June 27, 2023, SCOTUS ruled affirming the role of state court judicial review in a major victory for checks and balances and the…, The US Supreme Court denied the Defendants’ motion for a stay of the superior court’s decision, but ultimately accepted the Defendants’ writ of…, A ruling in favor of the North Carolina lawmakers would also invalidate any state constitutional provision that governs federal elections. Further,…, According to the Brennan Center for Justice, since the 2020 general election, 39 states have proposed at least 393 laws that would harm the political…
Settlement Finalized in Wisconsin Voter Purge Lawsuit (Press Release) 8/17/2022 MADISON — On August 17, 2022, a settlement was finalized in federal court in Wisconsin to reinstate more than 31,000 registered voters who were…
LWVUS Urges USAID and the State Department to Demonstrate Their Commitment to Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice (Legal Document) 8/10/2022 The League signed onto a letter urging the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the US Department of State to take…