The Hill: This Women's Equality Day, stop romanticizing the 19th Amendment (News Clips) 8/26/2019 This story was originally published by The Hill. Op-ed from LWVUS CEO Virginia Kase Today is Women’s Equality Day, celebrating 99 years since the…
Columbus Dispatch: Groups urge Ohio to pause voter purge, warn thousands could be erroneously removed from rolls (News Clips) 8/15/2019 This story was originally published by Columbus Dispatch. Voting rights groups are concerned that thousands of voters could be erroneously purged…
LWVUS to U.S. House: Restore the Voting Rights Act (Legal Document) 8/14/2019 LWVUS seeks to find common ground with lawmakers as H.R. 4, the Voting Rights Advancement Act moves forward in Committee this fall. Members of the…
LWVUS Urges Members of U.S. House to cosponsor H. Res. 513 (Legal Document) 8/14/2019 A memo to members of the U.S. House supports H. Res. 513, which reaffirms the importance of democracy and the freedoms that it brings. The LWVUS…
Houston Chronicle: Texas’ confusing voting laws shouldn’t land people in prison [Opinion] (News Clips) 8/3/2019 This story was originally published by the Houston Chronicle. Three years ago, Crystal Mason-Hobbs submitted a provisional ballot in the 2016…
Washington Post: In Florida, modified sentences and ‘rocket dockets’ aim to ensure felons can still register to vote (News Clips) 7/30/2019 This story was originally published by the Washington Post. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Florida judges and prosecutors are working with felons and…
League and Former Senate Leaders Push for National Democracy Month (Press Release) 7/29/2019 WASHINGTON - The League of Women Voters, along with four respected former U.S. Senate Majority Leaders (Bob Dole, George Mitchell, Trent Lott and Tom…
LWV Joins Case Opposing Criminal Penalties for Voter Eligibility Confusion (Press Release) 7/23/2019 Returning citizens do not deserve jail time for mistakenly casting a vote FORT WORTH, TX —Today, the League of Women Voters of Texas …
Leagues register over 20,000 new youth voters (Blog) 7/19/2019 June marked the end of our 2019 High School Voter Registration project. With a record-breaking 60 Leagues participating, volunteers registered a…, Leagues partnered with students and student groups who played a key role in the success of their program. One League stated that, while they may have…
The Future Battle to Combat Partisan Gerrymandering and Gain Fair Elections (Blog) 7/16/2019 On June 27th, the U.S. Supreme Court held that they would continue to pass no judgment and not intervene in partisan gerrymandering cases. That…