New York Times: Supreme Court Weighs Purge of Ohio Voting Rolls (News Clips) 1/10/2018 This article originally appeared in The New York Times. WASHINGTON — In a spirited argument on Wednesday, the Supreme Court appeared…
Leagues Volunteers Visit 450 Citizenship Ceremonies, Register 25,000 to Vote in 2017 (Blog) 12/22/2017 A fixture in the voter engagement field for over 90 years, the League of Women Voters works to register and turn out new communities of voters, with…, In 2017, our New Citizens Voter Registration project resulted in 25,000 new Americans registered to vote. From metropolises like Houston and Atlanta…
League Representatives Attend UN's COP23 (Blog) 12/8/2017 Editorial Note: This article was written by Robin Tokmakian of the 2017 LWVUS UN Observers. Ten representatives from the League of Women Voters…
It’s time for ACA Open Enrollment (Blog) 11/20/2017 Open Enrollment for health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is from November 1-December 15, 2017. Leagues and partner groups…
EPA Accepting Comments on Plan to Repeal the Clean Power Plan (Blog) 11/20/2017 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced it’s plan to move forward with the repeal of the Clean Power Plan, which would regulate…
Shameful Effort by Congress to Sneak Health Care Repeal in Tax Bill (Press Release) 11/15/2017 Washington, D.C. – League of Women Voters president Chris Carson issued the following statement in response to the Senate's plan to repeal the…
Boston Herald: Election activists push for auto registration (News Clips) 11/12/2017 This article originally appeared in The Boston Herald. Associated Press The lackluster turnout in some municipal elections last week has…
Philadelphia Inquirer: In case that could affect 2018 elections, gerrymandering suit can proceed, Pa. high court rules (News Clips) 11/9/2017 This article originally appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer. In a case that could force the redrawing of congressional maps before the 2018…
League Urges U.S. Senators to Cosponsor We the People Act (Legal Document) 10/24/2017 The League sent a letter to the U.S. Senate urging Senators to cosponsor and support the We the People Democracy Reform Act of 2017. This legislation…
League Expresses Concerns Over Healthcare.gov Outages (Legal Document) 10/24/2017 The League joined a letter sent to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding scheduled outages of healthcare.gov during the shortened…