LWVUS and LWVDC Urge Amendments to Protect DC Voters (Legal Document) 6/7/2023 LWVUS and LWVDC submitted a statement to be included in the record of a hearing held by the House Oversight and Administration Committees. The joint…
AANHPI Activist You Should Know: Kristy Drutman (Blog) 5/29/2023 May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a time to uplift and celebrate the AANHPI community and their…, When you think of your heritage, what comes to mind? Being a bridge builder – as someone who is mixed-race/multicultural Asian American, I feel that…
Voting Local Matters: Why Vote for School Board? (Blog) 5/25/2023 You may have heard that voting for local elected officials matters, but why is that? What does it mean to vote for positions like mayor, city council…, Each school board has different responsibilities, but these are most common: Establishing the Vision for the School District: The school…, Increased attention on schools has prompted more people to run for school board to have a say in their school district's direction. Last year, one…
Letter: North Dakota Legislative session increases election transparency (News Clips) 5/24/2023 This letter to the editor was originally published in The Bismarck Tribune. The League of Women Voters of North Dakota’s top priority this…
League of Women Voters Marks 30th Anniversary of NVRA (Press Release) 5/20/2023 The League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón released the following statement on the 30th anniversary of the NVRA:…
LWVUS Joins Letter Urging Congress to Support Paid Family and Medical Leave (Legal Document) 5/17/2023 The League of Women Voters of the United States joined a sign-on letter urging Congress to support the Family and Medical Insurance Leave (…
Pennsylvania Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee v. Pennsylvania Department of State (Legal Case) 5/12/2023
Local View: Popular vote for president 'essential to representative government' (News Clips) 4/29/2023 This op-ed was originally published by Duluth News Tribune. In response to the April 4 column, “A Democrat’s View: Minnesota DFLers, oppose the…
LWVUS Joins Letter Urging HHS to Take Action to Keep People Covered During Medicaid Unwinding (Legal Document) 4/24/2023 The League of Women Voters of the United States joined more than 200 civil rights and health care groups on a letter to the Secretary of the US…