LWVUS joins call to restore Black Lung Disability Trust Fund (Legal Document) 1/13/2022 LWVUS joined other organizations urging committee members to support the restoration of the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund (BLDTF)…
LWV of Georgia Joins Partners to File Federal Lawsuit Challenging Georgia’s Racially Gerrymandered Congressional Districts (Press Release) 1/10/2022 ATLANTA – On Friday, the League of Women Voters of Georgia joined partners from Common Cause and individual Georgia voters in filing a federal…
League of Women Voters of Baltimore County, Black Voters, Baltimore County NAACP, and Common Cause Sue to Defend Voting Rights in Redistricting (Press Release) 12/21/2021 BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD – Today, the League of Women Voters of Baltimore County joined a group of Baltimore County voters, the Baltimore County Branch…
LWV's Achievements in 2021 (Blog) 12/17/2021 Happy Holidays! As I sit back and reflect on the year we’ve had, I’m blown away by everything we’ve been through…, One problem: fair maps are often threatened by racial and/or political gerrymandering, which occurs when politicians draw maps that dilute the power…, Our work didn’t end with the People Powered Day of Action. Throughout 2021, an estimated 180,000+ people participated in our…, Yet as more than 400 anti-voter bills hit legislatures across the country, the Biden administration failed to step up to promote federal…
LWV Responds to SCOTUS Decision on Texas Abortion Law (Press Release) 12/10/2021 WASHINGTON — Today the US Supreme Court ruled in Whole Women's Health v. Jackson that abortion providers have the right to challenge a Texas law…
Reproductive Justice Cases You Should Know About (Blog) 12/2/2021 Over the past few years, there have been increased attacks on access to reproductive care. In 2021, we saw the highest…
Group Challenges Newly Passed Ohio Congressional Maps As Unconstitutional Partisan Gerrymandering (Press Release) 11/30/2021 COLUMBUS, Ohio — The League of Women Voters of Ohio, the A. Philip Randolph Institute and several individuals filed a lawsuit today in partnership…
How Native American Women Inspired the Women’s Suffrage Movement (Blog) 11/29/2021 November is Native American Heritage Month – a time to honor and celebrate the traditions, contributions, and accomplishments of our Native…, Notably, Haudenosaunee women hold both the power to elect a chief and to remove him if he is found guilty of murder, theft, or…, Stanton likewise noted that “the women were the great power” in their societies and among many Native communities “the descent of…
LWV Statement on Guilty Verdict in Trial for the Murder of Ahmaud Arbery (Press Release) 11/24/2021 WASHINGTON and BRUNSWICK, GA — Today, the League of Women Voters of the United States and the League of Women Voters of Georgia issued the following…
What I Learned at the UN Climate Change Conference (Blog) 11/23/2021 Written by League member Emily Polakowski During the first two weeks in November, the United Kingdom hosted the UN Climate Change Conference (…, This disconnect between countries in the Global South and Global North was evident at COP26. Countries in the Global South are facing devastating…