Missouri Voter Advocates Condemn Passage of Voting Bill (News Clips) 5/12/2022 This media release was originally published by the Missouri Voter Protection Coalition (MOVPC). (ST. LOUIS, MO) - Missouri voter…
Voting Rights Act is hanging by a thread; FL ruling may allow Supreme Court to cut it (News Clips) 4/13/2022 This story was originally published in the Florida Phoenix. In an exceedingly rare federal ruling striking down restrictions on voting that the GOP-…
Voting Rights History is Black History (Blog) 2/23/2022 Updated 4/30/24 Celebrating voting rights history and Black history go hand in hand. As we commemorate the great leaders and moments — both the…, Racism and Voter Discrimination Today Discrimination should not exist regarding the freedom to vote, yet our fight is far from over. Year after year…
KHOU-TV: League of Women Voters Threatens to Sue Secretary of State for Not Providing Voter Registration Cards (News Clips) 1/22/2022 This story was originally published by KHOU-TV.,
CNN: Texas Secretary of State Office Sets Limits On Voter Registration Forms Due to Supply Chain Issues (News Clips) 1/18/2022 This story was originally published by CNN. The Texas Secretary of State's Office says it has only a limited amount of voter…
LWVNC Asks to Intervene in North Carolina Voter Purge Case (Press Release) 11/15/2021 Durham, NC — Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) and pro bono counsel from Womble Bond Dickinson, LLP, asked a federal judge late…
League Supports Cloture Vote on John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (Legal Document) 11/3/2021 LWVUS joined the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and 121 other organizations calling on the US Senate to move the John Lewis Voting…
Federal Court Blocks “Proof of Citizenship” Voting Requirement (Press Release) 9/23/2021 Last week a federal court ruled in League of Women Voters v. Harrington that a former U.S. Election Assistance Commission official violated federal…
LWVUS Joins Partners in Urging US House to Support HR4 (Legal Document) 8/23/2021 August 23, 2021 SUPPORT H.R. 4, JOHN LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT ACT Dear Representative: On behalf of The Leadership Conference on…
The Fight for Voting Rights: Then and Now (Blog) 8/5/2021 This blog was updated in June 2023. The Voting Rights Act (VRA) was signed into law on August 6, 1965, by President Lyndon B. Johnson. It was a…, One example was in 1917 in Buchanan v. Warley, where the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Kentucky law enforcing residential segregation. The Court…, The Court ruled against our interests. On June 25, 2013, the Court ruled by a 5-to-4 vote that Section 4(b) was unconstitutional because the formula…