2013 – No Rest for the Weary (Blog) 1/17/2013 Voting rights have been under attack in state legislatures across the country for more than a decade and there are no signs of it letting up in 2013…
League Signs On to Amicus Brief in Texas Voter Registration Case (Article) 11/27/2012 Recent changes to Texas law make it extremely difficult for voter registration groups to sign up new voters, violating the First Amendment and the…
Testimony by ELISABETH MACNAMARA, LWVUS PRESIDENT FOR THE U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY (Legal Document) 9/11/2012 STATEMENT BY ELISABETH MACNAMARA, PRESIDENT LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THESENATE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY ON THE CITIZENS…
Voting Rights Act: Remember, Celebrate and Protect (Blog) 8/6/2012 Editorial Note: This piece was first published on my Huffington Post Blog earlier today. Forty-seven years ago this week, President Lyndon B.…
Florida's Voter Purge: What the Hell? (News Clips) 7/11/2012 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE…
LWVUS and LWVFL File Amicus Brief Challenging FL Voter Purge (Article) 6/27/2012 The Flordia League, with the LWVUS and the Brennan Center, filed this amicus brief in support of the US Department of Justice suit challenging the…
ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDER ADDRESSES VOTING RIGHTS (Press Release) 6/11/2012 League is “Fiercely Committed” to Nation’s Voters, says Holder Washington, DC (June 11, 2012) – Today, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder…
Ninth Circuit Rules Against Proving Citizenship, but for Voter ID (News Clips) 4/23/2012 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE…
APPEALS COURT RULES PROOF-OF-CITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENT VIOLATES NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT (NVRA) (Press Release) 4/17/2012 Washington, DC (April 17, 2012) – The following is a statement by Elisabeth MacNamara, national President of the League of Women Voters: “Today’s 9-…
Statement by Elisabeth MacNamara, President, LWVUS at a Forum Entitled "Excluded from Democracy: The Impact of Recent State Voting Changes" (Legal Document) 11/14/2011 Thank you Mr. Conyers and member of the committee for holding this discussion which will help focus our nation’s attention on voter suppression…