LWVUS Testifies at DISCLOSE Act Hearing (Legal Document) 7/19/2022 The Senate Rules and Administration Committee held a hearing on the DISCLOSE Act and invited the League to testify
LWV and SPLC Call on Supreme Court to Defend Equal Representation for Black Alabamians by Striking Down Alabama Congressional Map (Press Release) 7/18/2022 LWV of Alabama, LWV of the United States and partners submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in Merrill v. Milligan, outlining how Black Alabamians have been systematically deprived of their…
LWV Wisconsin v. Knudson (2021) (Legal Case) 7/13/2022 LWV of Wisconsin filed a federal lawsuit to reactivate the voter registrations of 31,854 voters who had been unlawfully purged from the voter registration rolls.
President Biden Signs Executive Order on Reproductive Health (Press Release) 7/8/2022 WASHINGTON— Today the League of Women Voters of the United States President Dr. Deborah Turner and CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following joint statement in response to President Biden’s…
Teigen v. Wisconsin Elections Commission (Legal Case) 7/8/2022 LWV Wisconsin intervened in a state court lawsuit brought by the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty that sought to ban ballot drop boxes
Kansas abortion rights advocates and Democrats work to boost voter turnout (News Clips) 7/7/2022 This article was originally published in the Hastings Tribune. Kansas advocacy groups and Democrats are working to broaden outreach to unaffiliated and young voters this summer to get Kansans to…
LWVUS Board President and Planned Parenthood Leader Responds to Abortion Decision (Blog) 6/27/2022 LWVUS board president and Planned Parenthood North Central States medical director, Dr. Deborah Ann Turner, made the following remarks in response to the Supreme Court of the US's decision to…
President Biden Signs Gun Safety Bill in Law (Press Release) 6/25/2022 WASHINGTON — Today League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement after President Biden signed the bipartisan gun safety legislation:
LWV Statement on Senate Passage of Gun Safety Bill (Press Release) 6/24/2022 WASHINGTON — Today League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement after the US Senate passed bipartisan gun safety legislation:
Supreme Court Strips Americans of Constitutional Right to Abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Decision (Press Release) 6/24/2022 WASHINGTON — Today the League of Women Voters of the United States President Dr. Deborah Turner and CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following joint statement in response to the 6 – 3 Supreme…