‘Candi-dating:’ Using speed networking to meet candidates (Blog) 4/13/2015 EDITORIAL NOTE: This guest blog post was written by Ann Elwell, voter services chair of the League of Women Voters of Southwest Missouri OK,…
Unprecedented Week for Voting Rights – Democracy Wins in Three States (Blog) 4/6/2015 Over the last week, we saw three big wins for voting rights at the state level. It is, we hope, a bellwether of things to come. The assault on voting…
US Supreme Court Chooses Not to Address Wisconsin Voter Photo ID Law (Blog) 3/25/2015 On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a big blow to voters in Wisconsin. The Court refused to hear a challenge to the state’s voter photo ID law,…
Voting as a Dual Citizen (Blog) 3/12/2015 EDITORIAL NOTE: This blog post by written by LWVUS intern Grace Palmer. Every election, my mom, a U.S. citizen living abroad, never fails to…
8 Throwback Pictures of Empowering Voters – Then & Now! (Blog) 3/11/2015 This post is part of “Celebrating Women: Past, Present & Future,” the League’s series honoring Women’s History Month. This year, the League of…
League Opposes H.R. 412 and H.R. 195 (Legal Document) 3/4/2015 The League sent a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on House Administration urging Representatives to vote no on H.R. 412 and H.R…
League Joins People's Voting Rights Manifesto (Article) 3/4/2015 The League joined civil rights organizations in issuing the People's Voting Rights Manifesto in honor of the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday and…
Nationwide Assaults on Voting Rights Continue amongst Some Wins (Blog) 3/2/2015 We are now two months into the 2015 State Legislative sessions and as expected we have seen a groundswell of assaults on voters in many states. At…
Using State Constitutions to Fight Voter Discrimination Laws (Blog) 3/2/2015 EDITORIAL NOTE: This guest blog was written by Brenda Rogers, member of the Board of Directors of the League of Women Voters of North Carolina In…
Meet the League: Maggie Duncan (Blog) 2/27/2015 In honor of 95 years of Making Democracy Work ®, LWVVUS staff members are sharing stories about their work with the League. Maggie Duncan, Acting…