State League of Women Voters condemn election office interferences (News Clips) 11/10/2023 This story was originally published in the Kirkland Reporter. The president of the Seattle-based League of Women Voters of Washington called the…
Ballot shortages in Mississippi created a problem for democracy on the day of a governor's election (News Clips) 11/9/2023 This story was originally published in Associated Press. People in Mississippi’s largest county are demanding answers about why some polling places…
Pro-democracy groups plan to monitor Shasta County election (News Clips) 11/6/2023 This story was originally published by Public News Service. Election Hero Day and tomorrow, "good government" groups will be monitoring the…
LWVUS Joins Letter Urging President to Remove ISDS in Trade and Investment Agreements (Legal Document) 11/1/2023 The League signed onto a letter to the President urging him to remove Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) in existing free trade agreements and…
LWVUS Joins Comments on Harassment in the Workplace Based on Reproductive Health Care Decisions (Legal Document) 11/1/2023 The League of Women Voters of the United States joined public comments to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on its proposed…
Maine lawmakers, gun safety groups call for assault weapons ban (News Clips) 10/30/2023 This story was originally published by Public News Service. Advocates in Maine for stronger gun safety laws are calling for a complete ban on…
Opinion | How readers are working to renovate our democracy (News Clips) 10/19/2023 This opinion was originally published in the Washington Post. One of my recent columns offered a list of FAQs about democracy…
LWVUS Submits Comments on National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Implementation (Legal Document) 9/29/2023 The League submitted comments to the Council on Environmental Quality regarding its proposed revisions to its regulations for implementing the …
The Hyde Amendment: An Abortion Barrier Hiding in Plain Sight (Blog) 9/28/2023 Content warning: This blog contains brief mentions of medical treatment in cases of rape and incest The Hyde Amendment prohibits the use of federal…, Medicaid is a joint federal-state program that provides medical benefits to people living with low incomes, including more than 16 million women of…, Upon the Hyde Amendment’s passage in 1980, the number of abortions funded by federal Medicaid dollars dropped from roughly 300,000 per year to a few…, South Dakota is the one state in violation of the federal standard and only funds abortions in cases of life endangerment. Seventeen states use state…, For individuals on federal medical programs who live in the 32 states and DC where state funds are not used for abortion services beyond federal…
Supreme Court Review: The October 2022 Term (Blog) 9/26/2023 This blog is intended for educational purposes and does not reflect the policy positions of the League of Women Voters. During the 2022…, These decisions reveal a Court majority that, while unwilling to completely upend well-established checks and balances and protections against racial…, After the North Carolina Supreme Court struck down gerrymandered congressional maps under the state constitution’s free and equal elections clause,…, But the opinion contained a caveat giving federal courts a role in interpreting state court decisions on state law, stating “federal courts must not…, Ms. Smith claimed that she planned to expand her business by building unique, tailored wedding websites for couples but refused to create any…, The majority opinion stated that Ms. Smith’s websites constituted expressive content — content that was personal to her. Given the content’s…, Given the widely diverging interpretations of this ruling by the majority and dissent, the effect of this ruling is unclear. This decision will…, Fundamentally, the Court’s opinion ensures that Section 2 remains a viable tool to challenge redistricting maps that fail to give voters of color an…, The Voting Rights Act and the rights it protects cannot be truly secure until there are laws and elected officials at all levels of government…, SFFA argued the institutions’ policies violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which applied to these universities due to…, By striking down affirmative action in higher education admissions, the Court’s six conservative majority made clear that they do not like to view…