LWV Supports H.R. 4 (Press Release) 2/27/2019 Restoring the Voting Rights Act Will Strengthen Democracy WASHINGTON – The League of Women Voters is proud to support H.R. 4, the…
League Urges Support for HR1 Companion in U.S. Senate (Legal Document) 2/27/2019 The League sent a memo to the U.S. Senate urging members to support and co-sponsor a companion bill to HR1, the For the People Act. …
99 Years Later – the League of Women Voters is Still Fighting for Voting Rights (Blog) 2/14/2019 Ninety-nine years ago today, the League of Women Voters was founded at the National American Woman…
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Blog) 2/12/2019 In December, the LWV UN Observer for Climate, Robin Tokmakian, and three Delegates (Rebecca Boyd of LWV Wilmette, IL, and Claudia…
Michigan Public Radio: Michigan's political maps go on trial in redistricting lawsuit (News Clips) 2/5/2019 This story was originally published on Michigan Public Radio. Was the last re-drawing of Michigan’s political district maps so biased in…
Leagues Register A Record Number of New Citizens in 2018 (Blog) 2/4/2019 The United States welcomes approximately 700,000 – 750,000 new citizens every year through naturalization ceremonies in communities across the…
2018 Election Impact Report (Blog) 1/30/2019 Across the country, League volunteers in all 50 states worked to register, inform, and protect voters in 2018.…
League Joins Joint Statement to House Judiciary Committee in Support of HR1 (Legal Document) 1/29/2019 The League and members of the Declaration for American Democracy Coalition sent a joint statement from diverse groups to the Senate Judiciary…
Texas Tribune: Civil rights groups warn that Texas voter citizenship check could violate federal law (News Clips) 1/28/2019 This story was originally published in the Texas Tribune. The state of Texas' announcement that it was flagging tens of thousands of registered…
The League Announces Potential Settlement of Gerrymandering Lawsuit (Press Release) 1/25/2019 LANSING, MI—The League of Women Voters of Michigan and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson today filed a motion for approval of a consent…