Why We Must Revitalize the Voting Rights Act Upon Its 49th Anniversary (Blog) 8/1/2014 EDITORIAL NOTE: This blog post was originally posted on President Elisabeth MacNamara's Huffington Post blog. Next week marks the 49th…
Why I Helped Register Young Voters (Blog) 7/25/2014 The 2012 election was the first major election in which I could vote. I had turned 19, and I was in my third month as a freshman at Tufts University…
How the League Helps Ensure Voting Access for Americans with Disabilities (Blog) 7/25/2014 This weekend marks 24 years since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the landmark civil rights law that prohibits…
How My Parents Inspired Me to Vote (Blog) 7/24/2014 I learned about the importance of voting from my parents. Immigrants from Peru, my parents never fail to vote in the elections for their home country…
Leagues and Redistricting Reform: Creating Representative Districts (Blog) 7/18/2014 Late last week, a Florida Circuit Court threw out the Congressional maps in Florida, drawn by the state legislature and adopted in 2012. The judge…
Florida Decision is Major Victory Against Partisan Gerrymandering (Press Release) 7/11/2014 “Court decision is a big step forward in fight for voter-based redistricting,” says League Washington, D.C. – Late yesterday, a Florida…
Celebrating the 26th Amendment and the Voices of Young People (Blog) 7/1/2014 Forty-three years ago today on July 1, 1971, Congress ratified the 26th Amendment to the Constitution. The legislation was a victory for our…
U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Massachusetts Abortion Clinic Buffer Zone Law (Blog) 7/1/2014 EDITORIAL NOTE: This guest blog post was writteb by Anne Borg, Co-President, League of Women Voters of Massachusetts The League of Women Voters of…
Hobby Lobby Decision Jeopardizes Women's Right to Equal Health Care (Press Release) 6/30/2014 Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in the case Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. that dealt a serious blow to women…
UPDATE: Voting Rights Moving Forward! (Blog) 6/25/2014 There’s finally some good news on the voting rights front in Congress. Today, on the one year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision that gutted…