2014 Could be Watershed Year for Youth Voting Participation (Blog) 2/3/2014 This blog post was co-written with Da’Quan Love, NAACP National Board of Directors As the 2014 midterm election season gets underway, much attention…
State of the Union Address Touches on All of League’s Priority Issues (Blog) 1/29/2014 In last night’s annual State of the Union (SOTU) address, President Obama laid out his priorities for the coming year. His words addressed a range of…
Why "We're Not About to Turn Around": Honoring Martin Luther King's Fight for Voting Rights (Blog) 1/20/2014 EDITORIAL NOTE: This blog post was originally posted on President Elisabeth MacNamara's Huffington Post blog. This week, we honor the life of…
Citizens United Four Years Later – The Unleashed Tide of Secret Money (Blog) 1/17/2014 In 2010, the Supreme Court opened the floodgates to allow big money and special interest influence to flow into our political system when they…
LWV Launches Youth Voter Registration Program in 15 States (Blog) 1/14/2014 The League of Women Voters’ fourth consecutive Youth Voter Registration Program kicked off this week in nearly 40 communities nationwide. Over the…
Working to Protect the Vote – Looking Towards Election Reforms in 2014 (Blog) 12/19/2013 Last week, I blogged about how 2013 has been one of the most active years related to voting rights this country has ever seen. While there were many…
2013 – A Watershed Year for Voting Rights (Blog) 12/12/2013 The League’s Public Advocacy for Voter Protection Project is now entering its’ eighth year of working to stop voter suppression and ensure voting is…
NC Governor: Slashing Early Voting “Compacts the Calendar;" We Call It Voter Suppression (Blog) 11/21/2013 In August, North Carolina passed what civil and voting rights advocates like the League have called the most restrictive voting measure since the…
#GivingTuesday Snapshot: The League’s Work to Protect Voting Rights (Blog) 11/19/2013 UPDATE: Celebrate #GivingTuesday by making a tax-deductible donation to the League now. As we’ve been sharing with you over the past few weeks,…
In the Off-Year Elections “Cuyahoga Cauldron” Still Boils (Blog) 10/29/2013 EDITORIAL NOTE: This guest blog post was written by Lynda Mayer and Maryann Barnes, Co-Presidents, League of Women Voters of Cuyahoga Area (OH…