Major End-of-Term Supreme Court Cases (Blog) 6/24/2024 Every June, the League, our partners, and people around the country await the US Supreme Court’s (SCOTUS) opinions on critical issues like access to the ballot, redistricting, reproductive rights,…
Ohioan who serves as US League of Women Voters co-CEO says voting is the baseline for democracy (News Clips) 6/7/2024 This story was originally published in the Ohio Capital Journal on June 7, 2024.Twenty years ago, Kelly McFarland Stratman was among the Ohioans working on reform to the state’s redistricting process…
Kansas Constitution does not include a right to vote, state Supreme Court majority says (News Clips) 5/31/2024 This story was originally published in the Associated Press on 5/31/24.The Kansas Supreme Court offered a mixed bag in a ruling Friday that combined several challenges to a 2021 election law, siding…
LWVUS Joins Comments Supporting Census Bureau Testing Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Measures on the American Community Survey (ACS) (Legal Document) 5/30/2024 The League of Women Voters of the United States joined public comments to the US Census Bureau supporting them conducting a test of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) measures on the…
Representing Middle Eastern and North African Citizens in the Census (Blog) 5/15/2024 A proposed expansion to the racial identification categories in the US Census would increase representation for the Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) community.
LWVUS Supports Voting Rights Restoration (Legal Document) 5/1/2024 LWVUS Federal Lobby Corps lobbied Congress in support of the Next Step Home Act to restore the voting rights of thousands of Americans with prior convictions.
Syracuse's League of Women Voters' initiative encourages voting at local schools (News Clips) 4/10/2024 This story was originally published in The Daily Orange. Joan Durant, co-director of voter services at the League of Women Voters of Syracuse Metropolitan Area, learned the importance of voting…
Oxford's chapter of the League of Women Voters prepares for a busy election season (News Clips) 3/29/2024 This story was originally published in The Miami Student For Oxford’s chapter of the League of Women Voters (LWV), the weeks leading up to Ohio’s primary on March 19, have been busy. “One…
League of Women Voters of Ohio executive director urges people to make a voting plan for the primary (News Clips) 3/8/2024 This story was originally published by Ideastream Public Media. Jen Miller, the executive director of the League of Women Voters of Ohio joined Ideastream Public Media’s, “Sound of Ideas” show this…
Collecting signatures to end gerrymandering (News Clips) 3/2/2024 This opinion was originally published by The Miami Student. Jenny Fisher, co-president of LWV Oxford, OH, discusses the Citizens Not Politicans petition in Ohio and fighting gerrymandering in the…