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Bustle: March For Our Lives' Gun Control Agenda Is Clear. Now It Needs To Turn Protesters Into Voters. (News Clips)

4/4/2018

"It is safe to say that we have never registered this many people, so early in the year, during a non-presidential election year."

SCOTUS Hears Maryland Gerrymandering Case (Blog)

3/29/2018

This week the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Benisek v. Lamone, a case out of Maryland that argues politicians designed the state's congressional map with…

LWVPA Statement on Supreme Court Upholding New Maps (Press Release)

3/20/2018

The League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania issued the following statement on the Supreme Court decision refusing to block the redrawing of Pennsylvania's congressional districts.

Leagues Volunteers Visit 450 Citizenship Ceremonies, Register 25,000 to Vote in 2017 (Blog)

12/22/2017

A fixture in the voter engagement field for 90+ years, LWVUS works to register and turn out new communities of voters. We aim to expand the electorate and ensure a democracy that reflects our…

Boston Herald: Election activists push for auto registration (News Clips)

11/12/2017

The League supports automatic voter registration. In Massachusetts, League Executive Director Meryl Kessler calls it, “the next logical step in the modernization of the electoral process”.

Philadelphia Inquirer: In case that could affect 2018 elections, gerrymandering suit can proceed, Pa. high court rules (News Clips)

11/9/2017

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ordered the Commonwealth Court to decide a gerrymandering lawsuit by the end of the year.

League Urges U.S. Senators to Cosponsor We the People Act (Legal Document)

10/24/2017

The Act provides an important roadmap for solving the vital issues facing our political system and serves as a vehicle to help renew Americans’ faith that the problems facing our democracy can be…

UCLA Extension (Podcast): The Trump Presidency: The Good, the Bad and the Unknown (News Clips)

10/19/2017

League President Chris Carson talks to audiences from UCLA's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) on ethical and government reform issues relating to the Trump Presidency.

Maybe Yes, Maybe No: Our Democracy Hangs in the Balance (Blog)

10/4/2017

On Tuesday morning, the Supreme Court heard what we hope will be the historic case of Gill v. Whitford. Why historic? Because the case represents the last chance, probably for decades, for the Court…

Supreme Court Preview: Gill v. Whitford Challenges the Idea of Partisan Gerrymandering (Blog)

9/27/2017

The Supreme Court case of Gill v. Whitford challenges the district maps drawn by the state legislature of Wisconsin in 2011. It is the first partisan gerrymandering challenge to make it to the…