U.S. SENATE CONFIRMS JUDGE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON TO THE SUPREME COURT (Press Release) 4/7/2022 WASHINGTON — Today the League of Women Voters of the United States Board President Dr. Deborah Turner and CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the…
3 Cases of Redistricting Reform: 2018 vs. Today (Blog) 4/5/2022 Partisan gerrymandering, i.e., designing electoral maps to benefit a particular political party during the redistricting process, goes against the…, Missouri: The Clean Missouri Initiative and Amendment 3 In 2018, voters in Missouri passed the Clean Missouri initiative, a ballot measure…, Bramer and Steiger also voiced concern that Amendment 3 broke with 150 years of precedent by only counting voting-eligible adults as part of the…, Proposal 2 also included several other pro-voter reforms, including automatic and same-day voter registration, as well as no-excuse absentee voting…, Utah: Proposition 4 In 2018, voters in Utah passed Proposition 4, which created a seven-member independent redistricting commission empowered…
ARIZONA SUPREME COURT DISMISSES CASE SEEKING TO ELIMINATE EARLY VOTING (Press Release) 4/5/2022 PHOENIX — Today the Arizona Supreme Court dismissed a petition filed by the Arizona Republican Party that threatened to end all early voting.…, “We are gratified that the Supreme Court of Arizona agreed that the petitioners here had inappropriately leapfrogged over two levels of Arizona’…
Here’s what you should know about Senate Bill 90 before the upcoming Florida election cycle (News Clips) 4/4/2022 This story was originally published on WGCU.org. Senate Bill 90 passed in the Florida Senate and was signed by Governor DeSantis last May. Its…
Racial Gerrymandering and the 2021-2022 Redistricting Process (Blog) 3/31/2022 Every ten years following the census count, our nation undergoes the redistricting process. Redistricting is the process of drawing state, local, and…, Previously, voters of color were protected from gerrymandering by the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA). Yet in the last decade, the Supreme Court…
Federal Court Strikes Down Florida Voter Suppression Law (Senate Bill 90) (Press Release) 3/31/2022 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Today, a US federal court struck down key provisions of Florida’s Senate Bill 90 that equated to voter suppression. Chief US…
Houston woman shares inspiring story on how she became a voting rights advocate (News Clips) 3/31/2022 This story was originally published by KHOU. HOUSTON — All month long, KHOU11 is sharing the stories of local women leading the way in honor of…
Government watchdog groups push for ethics reform in New York’s state budget (News Clips) 3/30/2022 This story was originally published in WSKG.org. ALBANY, NY (WSKG) – Government watchdog groups are making a push to include ethics reform in the…
Ohio Redistricting Commission changes course at last minute (News Clips) 3/29/2022 This story was originally published by the Springfield News-Sun. Mar. 29—For the fourth time, the Ohio Redistricting Commission stared down a…
The Woman Who Argued 'Rucho v. Common Cause' Looks Back (Blog) 3/25/2022 March 26th marks the anniversary of the landmark Rucho v. League of Women Voters of North Carolina (also known as Rucho v. Common Cause) Supreme…, Ultimately, the Supreme Court ruled that gerrymandering based on political party was not unconstitutional. What does this mean for voters? The case…, Tell us about your current work with the Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ). What made you decide to be a lawyer and focus on voting…