Two Years Later-- Tell Congress to Restore the Voting Rights Act (Blog) 6/25/2015 Fifty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act (VRA) into law. The VRA was a cornerstone achievement of the civil rights…
2015 State Legislative Update: Pro-Voter Reforms Outpace Attacks on Voting Rights (Blog) 6/10/2015 Over the past 10 years, our country has seen a steady increase in the attacks on voting rights sweep across the states. From reductions in early…
League Supports "Lobbying and Campaign Finance Reform Act of 2015" (Legal Document) 6/4/2015 The League sent a letter to the U.S. Senate with other reform groups expressing support for the Lobbying and Campaign Finance Reform Act of 2015.…
League Calls on FEC to Reconsider Pay-to-Pay Rules (Legal Document) 6/3/2015 The League joined other organizations on comments to the Federal Election Commission (FEC). The letter asks the FEC to reconsider and strengthen the…
Help Stop Big Money (Blog) 5/28/2015 The explosive growth of Super PACs is a major outgrowth of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United, and it is undermining the integrity and…
Reminiscing: 22 Years after the National Voter Registration Act (Blog) 5/18/2015 On May 20, 1993, I sat with current and former LWVUS presidents and lobbyists and watched President Bill Clinton as he signed the National Voter…
Public Support for Online Voter Registration in Florida and Texas (Blog) 5/14/2015 UPDATE 5/15/2015: Florida Governor Rick Scott has signed that state's online voter registration proposal into law. Leagues across the country are…
Why This Mom Chooses the League (Blog) 5/7/2015 EDITORIAL NOTE: This guest blog post was written by Amy Hjerstedt, member of the Leauge of Women Voters of Eastern Upper Peninsula I’m a mom of two…
How Our Elections Can Work Better for Voters (Blog) 5/4/2015 This month, we’re marking the 22nd anniversary of the passage of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). Commonly referred to as the "Motor Voter…
Supreme Court Rules in Key Judicial Campaign Finance Case (Press Release) 4/29/2015 Upholds State Bans on Judicial Campaign Solicitations, Fortifies Judicial Independence Washington, DC – Today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in an…