NH Voting-Rights Advocates Push for Online Registration (News Clips) 6/19/2023 This article was originally published by Public News Service. Lawmakers in New Hampshire are considering a bill to create an online "election…
TSU, League of Women Voters partner to reach young voters (News Clips) 6/14/2023 This story was originally published in Defender. Texas Southern University’s Executive Master of Public Administration Program (eMPA) and the League…
Indiana Democracy Advocates File Local Redistricting Lawsuit (Press Release) 6/13/2023 ANDERSON, IN — Today, the League of Women Voters of Indiana, Common Cause Indiana, Anderson-Madison County NAACP, and two individual voters, filed a…
Supreme Court Strikes Down Alabama's Congressional Maps (News Clips) 6/9/2023 This story was originally published by Public News Service. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a lower-court ruling on a 5-to-4 vote Thursday,…
US Supreme Court Decision Preserves Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, Ensures Continued Protections for Fair Representation (Press Release) 6/8/2023 WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) upheld in Allen v. Milligan a lower court ruling that Alabama must create a…
Meet Alice Upshaw Hawkins, first Black leader of League of Women Voters of Corpus Christi (News Clips) 5/31/2023 This profile was originally published in the Corpus Christi Caller Times. Resting on Alice Upshaw Hawkins' coffee table is a gavel, signifying she…
'Drag for Democracy' in SF shows LGBTQ+ community about power of voting (News Clips) 5/21/2023 This story was originally aired by ABC 7. The League of Women Voters of California Saturday honored several San Francisco leaders who are showing…
League of Women Voters Marks 30th Anniversary of NVRA (Press Release) 5/20/2023 The League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón released the following statement on the 30th anniversary of the NVRA:…
30 years after the NVRA, we're still fighting for voting rights (News Clips) 5/20/2023 This op-ed was originally published by The Hill. Thirty years ago, the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) was passed with bipartisan support to…
Protecting the National Voter Registration Act (Blog) 5/18/2023 The League’s history of breaking down barriers to voting is perhaps best exemplified by its contribution to the passage of the National Voter…, Further, the NVRA sets standards for how states maintain their lists of registered voters or voter rolls. States must identify ineligible voters who…, One way that the League continues to fight to expand voter registration is by promoting Executive Order 14019, Promoting Access to Voting, which…, Promote Voter Registration You can fight to expand voter registration today! Check your registration at VOTE411.org (and…