VOTE411.org Hits 1 Million Users in 2018 (Press Release) 7/30/2018 This month the election information website VOTE411.org surpassed expectations and hit the 1 million user milestone before primary elections are complete.
Record-breaking High School and Community College Voter Drives (Blog) 7/20/2018 League of Women Voters volunteers nationwide have passed a major milestone: hosting more than 600 school registration drives and registering nearly 20,000 students to vote so far this year.
Wisconsin State Journal: Collaborative effort to help homeless population register to vote (News Clips) 7/12/2018 Voter ID laws can make it difficult for homeless people to vote. In Wisconsin, the League is working to help homeless voters exercise their rights.
Seattle Times: Elections security: Email ballot return (News Clips) 7/11/2018 Washington is the only state that allows all voters to return a ballot via email attachment.
Talking Points Memo: Michigan Group Submits 430,000 Signatures For Measure To Expand Voting Access (News Clips) 7/9/2018 The League of Women Voters of Michigan worked in coalition to get a measure expanding voting access on the November 2018 ballot.
The Charlotte Observer: With Kennedy gone from Supreme Court, what's next for NC gerrymandering case? (News Clips) 6/29/2018 The League of Women Voters of North Carolina is a plaintiff in a case challenging the state's 13 congressional districts as extreme unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders.
How Do We Know What's True Anymore? (Blog) 6/27/2018 Concerned about the role of "fake news," in undermining democracy, the LWV of Palo Alto hosted a panel to discuss the threat disinformation, misinformation, and fake news pose to our elections.
NC Court Sends Gerrymandering Case Back to Lower Court, Further Delaying Voter Protections (Press Release) 6/25/2018 The Supreme Court sent the North Carolina redistricting case of Rucho v. League of Women Voters of NC back to the U.S District court for further consideration.
LWVUS Position on Redistricting (Article) 6/20/2018 This is the Leagues official position on redistricting as adopted by the delegates at the 2016 LWVUS Convention.
Supreme Court Upholds Wisconsin Unconstitutional Electoral Maps (Press Release) 6/18/2018 Today the Supreme Court ruled that the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate standing in the case of Gill v. Whitford, a case which challenged the state of Wisconsin’s assembly map as an example of…