Kansas League Continues the Fight against Proof-of-Citizenship (Blog) 11/16/2015 Over the past four years, the League of Women Voters of Kansas (LWVKS) has been pushing back against a harmful proof-of-citizenship voter…
Leading the League into our 2nd Century Through Our 2016 Election Plan (Blog) 11/13/2015 On Tuesday, we brought together supporters, policymakers and members of the media to introduce Dr. Wylecia Wiggs Harris as our newest executive…
Obama Administration Violating Voting Rights Law (Blog) 10/30/2015 For several years, the League of Women Voters and our partners, Demos and Project Vote, have been lobbying the states and the Obama Administration to…
Letter to President Obama on Failure to Provide Voter Registration Through Federally-Facilitated Health Care Exchanges (Article) 10/27/2015 October 28, 2015 President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW …
League Urges IRS to Adopt New 501 (c)(4) Regulations (Article) 9/10/2015 September 9, 2015 John Koskinen Commissioner Internal Revenue Service 1111 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20224 Re: Standards for tax…
15 Years of Making Democracy Work (Blog) 8/24/2015 For all of 2015, we’ve been celebrating the 95th anniversary of the League of Women Voters. When Carrie Chapman Catt founded the League, she charged…
League of Women Voters of Oklahoma Helps Bring State into Compliance with the National Voter Registration Act (Blog) 8/13/2015 EDITORIAL NOTE: This guest blog post was written by Sheila Swearingen, president of the League of Women Voters of Oklahoma At the end of July, the…
Meet the League: Cynthia Sebian-Lander (Blog) 7/17/2015 In honor of 95 years of Making Democracy Work®, LWVVUS staff members are sharing stories about their work with the League. Cynthia Sebian-Lander,…
Two Years Later-- Tell Congress to Restore the Voting Rights Act (Blog) 6/25/2015 Fifty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act (VRA) into law. The VRA was a cornerstone achievement of the civil rights…
2015 State Legislative Update: Pro-Voter Reforms Outpace Attacks on Voting Rights (Blog) 6/10/2015 Over the past 10 years, our country has seen a steady increase in the attacks on voting rights sweep across the states. From reductions in early…