EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy Speaks with League Members (Blog) 8/27/2014 League members from across the country were offered a unique experience to join a conference call with the Administrator of the Environmental…
Setback in North Carolina on Suppressive Voting Law; Fight Continues (Blog) 8/20/2014 Earlier this month, a federal judge denied a preliminary injunction barring North Carolina’s new restrictive elections law. The League of Women…
Why I Urged the EPA to Limit Carbon Pollution – And Why You Should, Too (Blog) 8/4/2014 EDITORIAL NOTE: This guest blog post was written by Joyce Lanning, member of the LWVUS Climate Change Task Force and Board member of the League…
Raising Our Voices to Stop Climate Change (Blog) 7/30/2014 Congress will recess in a few days, but the League of Women Voters remains hard at work. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is holding…
How the League Helps Ensure Voting Access for Americans with Disabilities (Blog) 7/25/2014 This weekend marks 24 years since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the landmark civil rights law that prohibits…
Leagues and Redistricting Reform: Creating Representative Districts (Blog) 7/18/2014 Late last week, a Florida Circuit Court threw out the Congressional maps in Florida, drawn by the state legislature and adopted in 2012. The judge…
Celebrating the 26th Amendment and the Voices of Young People (Blog) 7/1/2014 Forty-three years ago today on July 1, 1971, Congress ratified the 26th Amendment to the Constitution. The legislation was a victory for our…
U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Massachusetts Abortion Clinic Buffer Zone Law (Blog) 7/1/2014 EDITORIAL NOTE: This guest blog post was writteb by Anne Borg, Co-President, League of Women Voters of Massachusetts The League of Women Voters of…
The National Voter Registration Act Turns 21! (Blog) 5/20/2014 EDITORIAL NOTE: This blog post was originally posted on President Elisabeth MacNamara's Huffington Post blog. Have you registered to vote or…
Victory in Wisconsin on Voter ID May Have Broader Implications (Blog) 5/2/2014 What a difference nearly a decade makes. When laws requiring strict, government issued voter photo ID were first introduced in Georgia and Indiana in…