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…
Protect the Voting Rights Act to Keep Democracy Safe (Blog) 5/23/2022 Writing in dissent last summer, Justice Elena Kagan commented that the Voting Rights Act (VRA) represents the best and the worst of America. The best…, The League's Support for the Voting Rights Act The League of Women Voters has supported voting rights, and the Voting Rights Act in particular…, Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a key voice against the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, called the act “unnecessary.” But if the…
LWVUS Advocates for the Passage of the DISCLOSE Act of 2021 (Legal Document) 5/19/2022 The League of Women Voters strongly urges the US Senate to bring the DISCLOSE Act of 2021 to the floor for debate and final passage. The…
League of Women Voters of New York State Files Federal Lawsuit to Postpone New York Statewide Primaries to August 23, 2022 (Press Release) 5/19/2022 New York City — The League of Women Voters of New York State filed a lawsuit yesterday in United States District Court for the Southern District of…
League Joins Call for Social Media Companies to Address Election Disinformation (Legal Document) 5/12/2022 The League of Women Voters of the United States joined a letter with more than 120 other groups addressed to social media platform leaders urging…
Missouri Voter Advocates Condemn Passage of Voting Bill (News Clips) 5/12/2022 This media release was originally published by the Missouri Voter Protection Coalition (MOVPC). (ST. LOUIS, MO) - Missouri voter…
Op-Ed: Equal Access to Reproductive Rights (News Clips) 5/11/2022 This op-ed was originally published in the News & Observer. The members of the League of Women Voters of North Carolina celebrated Mother’s Day…
With Liberty and Justice for All (Except DC) (Blog) 5/10/2022 This blog was written by members of the League of Women Voters of DC District citizens do not have the liberty that folks across the US have. …, This has been a problem for centuries; for instance, it wasn’t until 1888 that the right to trial by jury was extended to District residents. It…