League Submits Amicus Brief in Juliana v. US (Legal Document) 3/5/2019 LWVUS and LWVOR submitted an amicus brief to the 9th Circuit in the case of Juliana v. U.S. The brief argues in favor of the young plaintiffs arguing…
League Files Brief in Rucho v. Common Cause at Supreme Court (Legal Document) 3/5/2019 The League of Women Voters of North Carolina filed an amicus brief in Rucho v. Common Cause at the U.S. Supreme Court. The League's case, Rucho…
Associated Press: Voting rights groups’ lawsuit against Ohio heads to trial (News Clips) 3/2/2019 This story was original published by Associated Press. CINCINNATI (AP) — Voting rights groups that charge that Ohio’s congressional map was unfairly…
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Blog) 2/12/2019 In December, the LWV UN Observer for Climate, Robin Tokmakian, and three Delegates (Rebecca Boyd of LWV Wilmette, IL, and Claudia…
Michigan Public Radio: Michigan's political maps go on trial in redistricting lawsuit (News Clips) 2/5/2019 This story was originally published on Michigan Public Radio. Was the last re-drawing of Michigan’s political district maps so biased in…
The League Announces Potential Settlement of Gerrymandering Lawsuit (Press Release) 1/25/2019 LANSING, MI—The League of Women Voters of Michigan and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson today filed a motion for approval of a consent…
League Lobby Corps Urges Support for HR1 (Legal Document) 1/16/2019 Members of the LWVUS Lobby Corps visited select offices in the U.S. House of Representatives to address support for HR1, the For the People Act.…
League joins over 600 Organizations urging support for bold climate action (Legal Document) 1/10/2019 The League urged Congress to consider the following principles as the 116th Congress debates climate change legislation. Please note this is not an…
U.S House Unveils Legislation “For the People” (Blog) 1/4/2019 This morning, U.S. House leadership unveiled a sweeping democracy reform bill that will make elections fairer and put power back in the hands of the…
Activists Across the Country are “Dropping by” for Democracy (Blog) 12/20/2018 Today, League members and activists across the country are dropping by Congressional offices across the country in support of democracy reforms.…