League Supports New Senate Voting Rights Bill, the Freedom to Vote Act (Press Release) 9/14/2021 WASHINGTON — Today the League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement in response the US Senate…
How LWV Supports the Census (Blog) 9/13/2021 On September 16, 2021, the U.S. Census Bureau will deliver its final resources to states to use for redistricting. The 2020 Census faced…
How Texas Advocates Mitigated the Attack on Voting Rights (Blog) 9/9/2021 This blog was written by Susan Schultz of the LWV of Texas. In early September 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbot signed Senate Bill 1 (SB1) into law.…, SB1: A Deeply Flawed Improvement on Prior Bills While SB1 still restricts voting rights and violates Americans’ freedom to vote, the worst…
Texas Civic Groups File Lawsuit Against State of Texas Over Anti-Voter Bill, SB1 (Press Release) 9/3/2021 AUSTIN, TX — Today, the League of Women Voters of Texas and partner civil rights organizations filed a lawsuit against the state of Texas,…
Brnovich: A Significant Blow to Our Freedom to Vote (Blog) 9/2/2021 On July 1, in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee, the Supreme Court dealt a significant blow to the freedom to vote. The decision held that…, Brnovich sets a dangerous precedent for future voting rights cases. Since the Court's majority did not find any discriminatory intent in Arizona’s…
League of Women Voters Response to SCOTUS Failure to Block Texas Abortion Law (Press Release) 9/1/2021 WASHINGTON & AUSTIN, TX — Last night, the US Supreme Court declined to rule on a Texas law that bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy and…
LWV of Arizona Files in Support of Public Transparency in AZ Senate’s Sham Election “Audit” (Press Release) 8/31/2021 UPDATE Sept. 14, 2021: The Arizona Supreme Court denied review of the appeal in American Oversight v. Arizona Senate and dissolved the stay that had…
Fighting for Equity On the Ice (Blog) 8/30/2021 This blog is written by Anna Kellar of the League of Women Voters of Maine, pictured above with skating partner Erica Rand. I started figure skating…, I was assigned female at birth, and that is the gender on my USFS membership card. According to that rule, Erica and I would not be allowed to test.…, I especially enjoy cheering for the 2019 US Nationals pairs champions Ashley Cain-Gribble and Timothy…
My Women's Equality Heroes (Blog) 8/26/2021 This blog was written by Nancy Pulido, a Summer 2021 communications intern. For Women’s Equality Day, I wanted to highlight the work of three of my…
LWV Statement on President Biden's Women's Equality Day Proclamation (Press Release) 8/26/2021 WASHINGTON — Today, League of Women Voters of the United States Board President Dr. Deborah Ann Turner issued the following statement in response to…