Legal Trends to Watch in 2022 (Blog) 3/15/2022 With the new year comes more litigation. In the past year, the League has continued our work of fighting against anti-voter bills and purges, challenges to new district maps, and pushing back against…
League of Women Voters of Arizona Seeks to Safeguard Early Voting in State Supreme Court Lawsuit (Press Release) 3/15/2022 PHOENIX – Today, the League of Women Voters of Arizona filed an amicus brief in the Arizona Supreme Court in the matter of Arizona Republican Party v. Hobbs – a case that threatens to end all early…
Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson (Legal Case) 3/11/2022 Whole Woman’s Health, a Texas abortion clinic, sued Texas after the state passed a law banning abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected. The law would be enforced through bounties paid to private…
Top Moments From Our Panel with Women Leaders in Advocacy (Blog) 3/8/2022 Our March 3 panel brought together a group of empowering women leaders: Amanda Brown Lierman, SuperMajority executive director; Sindy M. Benavides, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)…
The Women of Bloody Sunday (Blog) 3/4/2022 On March 7, 1965, hundreds of civil rights protestors attempted to march the 50 miles between Selma and Montgomery, Alabama to protest the suppression of Black votes. In this blog, we honor the work…
LWVUS joins partners asking OMB to revise standards for federal data on race and ethnicity (Legal Document) 3/4/2022 LWVUS joined partners on a letter asking the Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget to move forward with revising the standards for federal data on race and ethnicity.
League of Women Voters Responds to President Biden’s State of the Union Address (Press Release) 3/2/2022 Today the League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement following President Biden’s State of the Union address:
League of Women Voters Applauds Historic Nomination of First Black Woman Jurist to Supreme Court (Press Release) 2/25/2022 Today the League of Women Voters of the United States Board President Dr. Deborah Turner and CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement on President Biden’s announcement of his Supreme…
League Outlines Priorities for State of the Union (Legal Document) 2/24/2022 The League sent a letter to the White House outlining the issues that we hope President Biden will touch on during the State of the Union.
League Of Women Voters Partners With Lyft To Get Out The Vote In 2022 (Press Release) 2/23/2022 The League of Women Voters and Lyft today announced a partnership to provide access to transportation to the polls on Election Day.