Arizona Voting Rights Advocates Win Settlement Improving Statewide Access to Voter Registration (Press Release) 1/6/2020 Voting rights advocates celebrated an agreement requiring the State of Arizona to provide more effective voter registration services.
2019 Roundup: Defending Democracy Through Litigation (Blog) 1/3/2020 Throughout 2019 the League defended democracy in the courts on issues relating to voting rights, redistricting, money in politics, and improving elections.
AP: Backers offer amendments to Nevada redistricting measure (News Clips) 12/22/2019 LWV of Nevada defends its fair maps ballot initiative from a legal challenge.
LWVUS Urges Congress to Fund 2020 Census (Article) 12/17/2019 The League joined the Census Project and other national and state organizations calling for full funding of the 2020 Census in the FY20 appropriations bills.
AP: Federal lawsuit seeks to stop Wisconsin voter purge (News Clips) 12/17/2019 The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin filed a federal lawsuit to stop the unjust purge of over 200,000 Wisconsin voters.
Washington Post: Georgia purged 309,000 voters from its rolls. It’s the second state to make cuts in less than a week. (News Clips) 12/17/2019 LWV of Georgia filed a federal lawsuit to stop an unjust voter purge from taking effect.
League Urges Congress to Vote Yes for H.R. 4, Voting Rights Advancement Act (Article) 12/4/2019 The League joined the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights on a letter sent to the U.S. House of Representatives in favor of final passage of H.R. 4, the Voting Rights Advancement Act.
AP: New Hampshire voting law on trial, just weeks before primary (News Clips) 12/3/2019 LWV of New Hampshire is challenging a state law that imposes burdensome requirements on voter registration.
To Avoid Voter Confidence Erosion, Ensure Election Security (Blog) 11/22/2019 LWVCT's Carol Reimers joined CT SOS Denise Merrill, Rep. Jim Himes, & UConn Center for Voting Tech.'s Alex Russell to raise awareness on election security.
SCOTUS Hearing on the Rescission of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) (Blog) 11/20/2019 On November 12, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a trio of cases suing the administration over its decision to end DACA.