Bilingual Resource for COVID-19 Election Changes (Blog) 4/6/2020 With more than 40 states still scheduled to hold primary and local elections between now and November, and with election changes announced almost…
10 Things Elections Officials Can Do to Safeguard Our Elections This Spring, Summer, and Fall (Blog) 3/30/2020 The League of Women Voters applauds the thousands of elections officials who are working overtime to help make voting accessible and safe for…
LWV Fights to Keep Missouri Clean (Blog) 3/10/2020 In 2018, voters in Missouri made it overwhelmingly clear that transparency, reforming campaign finance, and ending gerrymandering were important…
The Voting Rights Act in Action (Blog) 1/13/2020 An in-depth look at how the Voting Rights Act has protected voters of color and language-minority voters—and why we need the Voting Rights…, In the Southeast corner of Utah lies San Juan County, which includes part of the Navajo Nation. Native Americans make up a slight majority of San…
2019 Roundup: Defending Democracy Through Litigation (Blog) 1/3/2020 With more Leagues engaging in litigation and an increased interest in the work we are doing, each year we track as many cases happening across the…
LWV Volunteer Lobby Corps Spring Update from Capitol Hill (Blog) 7/5/2019 This blog post was written by LWVUS Lobby Corps Chair, Jackie Coolidge. The LWVUS Volunteer Lobby Corps had a very active spring this year. The…
For the People Act Town Hall in New Mexico (Blog) 5/29/2019 This guest blog post was written by Judy Williams, president of the League of Women Voters of New Mexico. On May 11 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the…
Observing the Historic Passage of H.R. 1 (Blog) 3/18/2019 Friday March 8th was a day of firsts, for the 116th Congress and for me. For the House of Representatives, this was also the first time that a…
99 Years Later – the League of Women Voters is Still Fighting for Voting Rights (Blog) 2/14/2019 Ninety-nine years ago today, the League of Women Voters was founded at the National American Woman…
House Judiciary Committee Holds First Hearing on HR1 (Blog) 1/31/2019 Tuesday, January 31, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on HR1, the For the People Act. This was the first Congressional hearing on the…