Springfield organizations mobilize to get women out for early voting (News Clips) 6/21/2022 This article was originally published in The State Journal-Register. There's a sense of urgency about voting in elections this year among a group of…
Mental Health is a Voting Rights Issue (Blog) 6/16/2022 Gaining access to mental health resources saved my life. Before being hired as the Evaluation Specialist for the League in August 2021, I was…, This is where one of our greatest powers comes in: our ability to vote. Our votes can determine who represents us and sets the priorities in our…
Students & Rhode Island Department of Education Agree to Strengthen Civics Education (Press Release) 6/15/2022 PROVIDENCE — Last week, litigation filed by Rhode Island students seeking to establish a constitutional right to a civics education ended with an…
LWVUS Urges Senators to Pass Civics Secures Democracy Act (Legal Document) 6/15/2022 The US Senate re-introduced the Civics Secures Democracy Act on June 14. This bill would spend $1 billion annually for five years investing in civic…
League of Women Voters Welcomes Bipartisan Agreement to Curb Gun Violence in Our Communities (Press Release) 6/13/2022 WASHINGTON — Today League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement welcoming the US Senate’s…
Voting Rights Organizations Challenge Cobb County School Board Map Denying Equal Representation to Voters of Color (Press Release) 6/9/2022 ATLANTA – Today the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ), ACLU of Georgia, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil…
LWV Welcomes Bipartisan House Committee Hearings on January 6th Attack (Press Release) 6/9/2022 WASHINGTON – Today League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement as the bipartisan House…
GOP runoff deadline today, League of Women Voters says watch other issues too (News Clips) 6/6/2022 This article was originally published by Alabama Public Radio. Jones stresses that all of the offices up for election in Alabama are critical to the…
CEO's Remarks at NCBCP Voting Rights and Reproductive Justice Call to Action (Blog) 5/25/2022 On June 25, the League's CEO Virginia Kase Solomón joined Black Women Leaders and Allies, an arm of the National Coalition for Black Civic…