AP: Federal lawsuit seeks to stop Wisconsin voter purge (News Clips) 12/17/2019 This story was originally published by the Associated Press. MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The fight over purging more than 200,000 voters registered in…
Washington Post: Georgia purged 309,000 voters from its rolls. It’s the second state to make cuts in less than a week. (News Clips) 12/17/2019 This story was originally published by the Washington Post. Overnight, the number of registered voters in Georgia shrank by more than 300,000 in a…
League Urges Congress to Vote Yes for H.R. 4, Voting Rights Advancement Act (Article) 12/4/2019 The League joined the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights on a letter sent to the U.S. House of Representatives in favor of final passage…
AP: New Hampshire voting law on trial, just weeks before primary (News Clips) 12/3/2019 This story was originally published by the Associated Press. MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Ten weeks before New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation…
To Avoid Voter Confidence Erosion, Ensure Election Security (Blog) 11/22/2019 This blog post was contributed by LWV of Connecticut president Carol Reimers. Election security is all about voter confidence. If…
SCOTUS Hearing on the Rescission of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) (Blog) 11/20/2019 On November 12, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of Univ. of Cal., et. al, which is a trio…, What does the Court want to know? The Court seemed to focus on three questions: (1) Are there serious reliance interests here that make the decision…
At Long Last, Voting Rights Act Restoration to Get a Vote on House Floor (Blog) 11/14/2019 It’s been over 6 years since the U.S. Supreme Court, in their decision of Shelby County v. Holder, gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights Act (…
Election Day is tomorrow! (Blog) 11/4/2019 Election Day is tomorrow in many states! You’ve made your plan, you’ve found your ballot information, and now it’s time to get out and vote! Polls…, Don’t have an election tomorrow? Personal outreach is, hands down, THE best way to help encourage your friends and neighbors to vote. Help…
They were ordinary women who did an extraordinary thing. (Blog) 11/1/2019 This week our CEO Virginia Kase spoke at a Harvard event to celebrate the upcoming 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment. On…, ,
Convening to Transform Redistricting (Blog) 10/30/2019 This blog post was contributed by campaign staffers Priya Pandey, Rachel Appel, and Kentiya Orange. Following the devastating decision of…