Help Us Recognize a Local League that Effectively Engaged their Community (Blog) 4/15/2016 We’ll be presenting three Making Democracy Work® - For All awards at our National Convention, held in Washington, DC later this spring. The awards…
Women in Politics from 1920 to 2016 (Blog) 3/31/2016 With Women’s History Month 2016 wrapping up, League president Elisabeth MacNamara joined with other women’s political and history experts at the…
Chester County, PA Coalition Working to Register 9,000 Women to Vote (Blog) 3/18/2016 Editorial Note: This guest blog post was written by Susan Carty, president of the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania and the League of Women…
League Sues to Stop Documentary Proof-of-Citizenship Requirement on Voter Registration Form (Blog) 2/25/2016 Late last month, the executive director of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Brian Newby, acting unilaterally, approved requests from…
U.S. Supreme Court Temporarily Halts Implementation of Clean Power Plan (Blog) 2/10/2016 Last night, the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily put the Obama Administration's Clean Power Plan on hold while challenges to the Plan will…
A Big Night for Improving Voting and Elections – State of the Union Wrap-Up (Blog) 1/13/2016 Last night, President Obama delivered his final State of the Union (SOTU) address. For the fourth year in a row, the League live-tweeted the speech!…
Outlining the League’s Priority Federal Issues for 2016 (Blog) 1/12/2016 The League of Women Voters has the opportunity to play an active role on many priority issues in 2016. In addition to lobbying the 114th Congress in…
2016 State Legislative Sessions Begin – Voting and Elections Issues Expected to be Hot Topics (Blog) 1/8/2016 Leagues across the country can expect to have a busy 2016 legislative session, with the majority of state legislatures beginning their sessions in…
5 Tips to Get the Most Out of the State of the Union Speech (Blog) 1/7/2016 Next Tuesday, on January 12 at 9 pm Eastern, President Barack Obama will deliver his final State of the Union (SOTU) speech. The annual speech…
Climate Agreement in Paris Puts People Before Polluters (Blog) 12/21/2015 World leaders in Paris put people before polluters when the world’s countries agreed to reduce carbon pollution. The Paris agreement is an historic…