Caren Short Joins League of Women Voters as Director of Legal & Research (Press Release) 6/10/2022 WASHINGTON– The League of Women Voters is proud to announce Caren Short's appointment as director of legal and research. Caren joins the League’s…
The Economic Cost of Climate Change (Blog) 6/9/2022 This blog was written by Diz Swift, Dan Zalles, and Carolyn Caywood Carbon emissions are causing widespread and potentially irreversible…, Climate Impacts are Not Equitable It’s important to remember that the costs of climate change are not distributed equally. In the US, low-…
Voting Rights Organizations Challenge Cobb County School Board Map Denying Equal Representation to Voters of Color (Press Release) 6/9/2022 ATLANTA – Today the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ), ACLU of Georgia, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil…
LWV Welcomes Bipartisan House Committee Hearings on January 6th Attack (Press Release) 6/9/2022 WASHINGTON – Today League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement as the bipartisan House…
GOP runoff deadline today, League of Women Voters says watch other issues too (News Clips) 6/6/2022 This article was originally published by Alabama Public Radio. Jones stresses that all of the offices up for election in Alabama are critical to the…
LWVUS Joined a Letter with the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights on Implementing President Biden’s Voting Rights Executive Order (Legal Document) 5/26/2022 The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights organized a letter with 106 organizations requesting federal agencies to strongly implement…
CEO's Remarks at NCBCP Voting Rights and Reproductive Justice Call to Action (Blog) 5/25/2022 On June 25, the League's CEO Virginia Kase Solomón joined Black Women Leaders and Allies, an arm of the National Coalition for Black Civic…
League of Women Voters of Texas Statement on Mass Shooting in Uvalde (Press Release) 5/25/2022 AUSTIN, TX — Today, the League of Women Voters of Texas issued the following statement after a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde,…
League Statement on Primary Election Postcards (Press Release) 5/24/2022 WASHINGTON – Today the League of Women Voters Education Fund issued the following statement to clarify postcards mailed to voters in Alabama, North…