Deborah Ann Turner Advocates for Others Through the League of Women Voters (News Clips) 2/10/2023 This interview was initially published on Marquis Radio. Describing herself as a simple girl from the Midwest, Dr. Deborah Ann Turner certainly has…
Opinion | Congress should stay out of D.C. issues (News Clips) 2/10/2023 This opinion was originally published in The Washington Post. It did not take long for the 118th Congress to start abusing its power over the more…
League of Women Voters Responds to President Biden’s State of the Union Address (Press Release) 2/8/2023 WASHINGTON—Today the League of Women Voters of the United States’ president Dr. Deborah Turner issued the following statement in response to…
Check out the art Long Beach students submitted to the League of Women Voters (News Clips) 2/7/2023 This story was originally published in the Press-Telegram. Artwork from more than 50 Long Beach high school students is currently on digital display…
League of Women Voters Supports ERA Ratification Legislation (Press Release) 1/31/2023 WASHINGTON — Today the League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement supporting the…
Want a more representative democracy? Reform CT's redistricting process (News Clips) 1/31/2023 This opinion was originally published in the CT Mirror. The Nov. 8, 2022 election was the first based on the federal and state legislative…
South Dakota Federal Court Strikes Down Residency Requirement for Ballot Initiatives (Press Release) 1/27/2023 PIERRE, SD — In a victory for South Dakotans, a law that places a 30-day residency requirement for ballot initiative petition circulators has been…
LWVUS Joins Letter Urging the Administration not to Issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on an Asylum Ban (Legal Document) 1/18/2023 The League of Women Voters of the United States joined nearly 300 civil, human rights, and immigrant rights organizations on a letter to President…
Women, Girls, and Climate Change at COP27 (Blog) 1/10/2023 Disclaimer: This blog post references conversations about “women and girls” that generally focused on cisgender people. Trans and nonbinary folks and…, Gender and the Impact of Climate Change At COP27’s side events focused on gender and climate change, speakers across multiple panels explained…, Limited access to sexual and reproductive health and rights results in reduced spacing between births and increased unplanned or undesired…, Women must also be involved in climate change response decision-making, as their participation is associated with better climate action and outcomes…, The UN writes that “climate justice... looks at the climate crisis through a human rights lens.” People who are most impacted by climate change are…