LWV Statement on the President's Discriminatory Comment (Press Release) 1/12/2018 Washington, DC – League of Women Voters president Chris Carson issued the following statement in response to the reports of President Trump…
Husted v. APRI: Rallying to Protect Our Vote (Blog) 1/10/2018 Today, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute. I joined other advocates calling for an end to voter purges.
League Comments on Proposed Repeal of EPA's Clean Power Plan (Legal Document) 1/10/2018 LWVUS submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency with regard to their plan to repeal the Clean Power Plan.
New York Times: Supreme Court Weighs Purge of Ohio Voting Rolls (News Clips) 1/10/2018 In a spirited argument on Wednesday, the Supreme Court appeared deeply divided over whether Ohio may kick people off the voting rolls if they skip a few elections and fail to respond to a notice from…
Leagues Volunteers Visit 450 Citizenship Ceremonies, Register 25,000 to Vote in 2017 (Blog) 12/22/2017 A fixture in the voter engagement field for 90+ years, LWVUS works to register and turn out new communities of voters. We aim to expand the electorate and ensure a democracy that reflects our…
League Representatives Attend UN's COP23 (Blog) 12/8/2017 Ten representatives from the League of Women Voters were among the 25,000 attendees from 197 countries to attend the UN's climate conference, COP23, this November in Bonn, Germany.
EPA Accepting Comments on Plan to Repeal the Clean Power Plan (Blog) 11/20/2017 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced it’s plan to move forward with the repeal of the Clean Power Plan, which would regulate the carbon pollution from existing power plants.
Boston Herald: Election activists push for auto registration (News Clips) 11/12/2017 The League supports automatic voter registration. In Massachusetts, League Executive Director Meryl Kessler calls it, “the next logical step in the modernization of the electoral process”.
LWV v. Rucho: NC's Historic Opportunity to End Gerrymandering (Blog) 10/20/2017 The case of League of Women Voters of North Carolina v. Rucho challenges North Carolina’s 2016 congressional redistricting plan, arguing the plan violates the First and Fourteenth…
LWV Statement on EPA Clean Power Plan Repeal (Press Release) 10/10/2017 By repealing the Clean Power Plan, the White House is putting the interests of corporate polluters ahead of the health and safety of the American public.