In the Know: The Rise in Voter Purge Litigation (Blog) 4/7/2020 We have seen a rise in voter purge litigation over the past few years. State and local Leagues have joined litigation as…
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…
A majority of people support safe, legal access to abortion. So why is it under threat? (Blog) 3/2/2020 Hint: It has to do with Partisan Gerrymandering When I stared down at my positive pregnancy test, I wasn’t thinking about my…, After each decennial census, states must redraw their electoral districts to account for changes in population. In most states, the legislature…
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…
To Avoid Voter Confidence Erosion, Ensure Election Security (Blog) 11/22/2019 This blog post was contributed by LWV of Connecticut president Carol Reimers. Election security is all about voter confidence. If…
SCOTUS Hearing on the Rescission of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) (Blog) 11/20/2019 On November 12, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of Univ. of Cal., et. al, which is a trio…, What does the Court want to know? The Court seemed to focus on three questions: (1) Are there serious reliance interests here that make the decision…
At Long Last, Voting Rights Act Restoration to Get a Vote on House Floor (Blog) 11/14/2019 It’s been over 6 years since the U.S. Supreme Court, in their decision of Shelby County v. Holder, gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights Act (…