LWVNC Asks to Intervene in North Carolina Voter Purge Case (Press Release) 11/15/2021 Durham, NC — Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) and pro bono counsel from Womble Bond Dickinson, LLP, asked a federal judge late…
Senate Fails to Move John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (Press Release) 11/3/2021 WASHINGTON — Today, League of Women Voters of the US Board President Dr. Deborah Ann Turner issued the following statement in response to the Senate’…
Voting Rights Activists Arrested at White House After Fourth Direct Action Calling on Biden to Help to Protect Freedom to Vote (Press Release) 11/3/2021 Faith leaders, local and state representatives, national civil rights leaders were arrested in a series of actions calling on the Biden…
Voting Rights Groups Respond to President Biden’s Comments on Ending the Filibuster (Press Release) 10/22/2021 Washington, DC — In response to President Joe Biden’s comments during last night’s CNN town hall that he would be open to altering the filibuster to…
Senate Fails to Pass the Freedom to Vote Act (Press Release) 10/20/2021 WASHINGTON — Today the League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement following the 49–51…
Voting Rights Activists Arrested at White House After Third Direct Action Calling on Biden to Help to Protect Freedom to Vote (Press Release) 10/19/2021 Faith leaders, local and state representatives, national civil rights leaders arrested in series of actions calling on the Biden administration to…
LWV Applauds the Senate’s Introduction of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (Press Release) 10/6/2021 WASHINGTON – Today, the League of Women Voters of the United States board president, Dr. Deborah Ann Turner, issued the following statement in…
Advocates and Voters Ask to Join Election Review Lawsuit Against the PA Senate to Defend Voters’ Privacy Rights (Press Release) 10/5/2021 HARRISBURG, Penn. — Yesterday, the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania in partnership with a coalition of good government and civil rights…
Voting Rights Activists Arrested at White House (Press Release) 10/5/2021 Activists from the League of Women Voters, People For the American Way, and Declaration for American Democracy Demonstrate for White House Voting…
LWV Expands Calls for Filibuster Reform: ‘It is time to fix or nix the filibuster to save our right to vote' (Press Release) 9/27/2021 WASHINGTON – This week, the board of directors of the League of Women Voters of the United States voted unanimously to support filibuster reform, and…