How Do We Know What's True Anymore? (Blog) 6/27/2018 Concerned about the role of "fake news," in undermining democracy, the LWV of Palo Alto hosted a panel to discuss the threat disinformation, misinformation, and fake news pose to our elections.
League Protects Millions of Voters in Lead-up to 2018 (Blog) 6/1/2018 As lawmakers continue to pass legislation and employ tactics that disenfranchise voters, we challenge these efforts through advocacy, grassroots organizing, legal action, and public education.
Planning a Voter Registration Drive (Blog) 4/26/2018 Interested in planning a nonpartisan voter registration drive? The League of Women Voters has some expert tips!
Bustle: March For Our Lives' Gun Control Agenda Is Clear. Now It Needs To Turn Protesters Into Voters. (News Clips) 4/4/2018 "It is safe to say that we have never registered this many people, so early in the year, during a non-presidential election year."
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”.
League Joins Letter To Secretaries of State Regarding Pence Kobach Commission Data Request (Legal Document) 7/7/2017 The League joined a letter sent to all 50 Secretaries of State condemning and opposing the data request by President Trump's advisory commission.
League Urges Rejection of EAC Termination in House Appropriations Bill (Legal Document) 6/29/2017 The League sent a memo to members of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government urging them to reject provisions in the Financial Services Appropriation Bill,…
League Joins Brennan Center on Public Records Requests (Legal Document) 5/19/2017 The League joined the Brennan Center on public records requests tied to President Trumps "Election Integrity Commission" in Maine, New Hampshire, Kansas, and Alabama.
League Opposes End to Voting Agency Passed by House Panel (Press Release) 2/7/2017 Abolishing the Election Assistance Commission is “Irresponsible”
Statement on the Passage of the REINS Act (Press Release) 1/11/2017 League of Women Voters Statement on the Passage of the REINS Act