Celebrate Earth Day by Taking Action (Blog) 4/22/2015 In 1970, the first Earth Day launched a long crusade to protect our beautiful natural resources through such legislation as the Clean Air Act and the…
Protecting Early Voting in the Deep South (Blog) 4/21/2015 EDITORIAL NOTE: This guest blog post is written by Kelli Persons, program manager for the League of Women Voters of Georgia For the third time in…
The League’s Volunteer Leaders – A Vital Citizen’s Voice in Our Democracy (Blog) 4/14/2015 Last week, I had the honor of sitting with our national president, Elisabeth MacNamara as she connected state League presidents from nearly all 50…
Unprecedented Week for Voting Rights – Democracy Wins in Three States (Blog) 4/6/2015 Over the last week, we saw three big wins for voting rights at the state level. It is, we hope, a bellwether of things to come. The assault on voting…
US Supreme Court Chooses Not to Address Wisconsin Voter Photo ID Law (Blog) 3/25/2015 On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a big blow to voters in Wisconsin. The Court refused to hear a challenge to the state’s voter photo ID law,…
Voting as a Dual Citizen (Blog) 3/12/2015 EDITORIAL NOTE: This blog post by written by LWVUS intern Grace Palmer. Every election, my mom, a U.S. citizen living abroad, never fails to…
8 Throwback Pictures of Empowering Voters – Then & Now! (Blog) 3/11/2015 This post is part of “Celebrating Women: Past, Present & Future,” the League’s series honoring Women’s History Month. This year, the League of…
Nationwide Assaults on Voting Rights Continue amongst Some Wins (Blog) 3/2/2015 We are now two months into the 2015 State Legislative sessions and as expected we have seen a groundswell of assaults on voters in many states. At…
Using State Constitutions to Fight Voter Discrimination Laws (Blog) 3/2/2015 EDITORIAL NOTE: This guest blog was written by Brenda Rogers, member of the Board of Directors of the League of Women Voters of North Carolina In…
Meet the League: Maggie Duncan (Blog) 2/27/2015 In honor of 95 years of Making Democracy Work ®, LWVVUS staff members are sharing stories about their work with the League. Maggie Duncan, Acting…