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…
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…
Convening to Transform Redistricting (Blog) 10/30/2019 This blog post was contributed by campaign staffers Priya Pandey, Rachel Appel, and Kentiya Orange. Following the devastating decision of…
Rolling up our Sleeves for Fair Maps (Blog) 10/23/2019 After the Supreme Court's disappointing decision in the Rucho case this past June—failing to take a stand for voters and establish limits…
Leagues register over 20,000 new youth voters (Blog) 7/19/2019 June marked the end of our 2019 High School Voter Registration project. With a record-breaking 60 Leagues participating, volunteers registered a…, Leagues partnered with students and student groups who played a key role in the success of their program. One League stated that, while they may have…
The Future Battle to Combat Partisan Gerrymandering and Gain Fair Elections (Blog) 7/16/2019 On June 27th, the U.S. Supreme Court held that they would continue to pass no judgment and not intervene in partisan gerrymandering cases. That…
Six Years Since Shelby Shows There’s More Work to Do. Here’s How You Can Make an Impact. (Blog) 6/26/2019 The Voting Rights Act (VRA) was one of the most important pieces of legislation of the 20th Century when it was established in 1965.…
The Right of Citizenship (Blog) 6/7/2019 Recently, I had the opportunity to attend a naturalization ceremony in Washington, D.C., where 118 women and men from countries around the globe…
A Plaintiff's Perspective at the Supreme Court for Rucho v. LWVNC (Blog) 6/1/2019 This blog post was written by Janet Hoy, president of the League of Women Voters of North Carolina and plaintiff in the U.S. Supreme Court case Rucho…, Our organization represents the voters, and making sure the people of this country are fairly represented by their government is essential to our…
Registering High School Students Nationwide at Youth Summit (Blog) 5/24/2019 On Tuesday, May 21, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and several local museums nationwide hosted the annual …