Leagues to Host 400 Voter Registration Events Tuesday, 9/27 (Press Release) 9/26/2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 26, 2016
Our Open Letter to the Presidential and Vice Presidential Debate Moderators (Article) 9/21/2016 Keep Voters at the Forefront of Debates To: Anderson Cooper, Lester Holt, Elaine Quijano, Martha Raddatz and Chris Wallace From…
League Sends Comments to Census Bureau (Legal Document) 8/31/2016 The League sent comments to the Census Bureau regarding the decision to continue using the “usual residence” rule. The rule counts incarcerated citizens at their prison addresses rather than their…
League Sends Letter to Major Party Leadership on Claims of Voter Fraud (Legal Document) 8/31/2016 The League joined the Election Protection Coalition and its member groups on an open letter to the Democratic and Republican National Committees.
National Voter Registration Day is Coming! (Blog) 8/15/2016 National Voter Registration Day (NVRD) is coming!
Voting Rights Act Marks 51st Anniversary (Blog) 8/5/2016 August 6 marks the 51st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). Here at LWVUS, we are taking the day to celebrate our recent voting rights victories and recommit to our important work on voting…
TAKE ACTION: Repair the Voting Rights Act (Blog) 6/24/2016 June 25 marks the three-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision to gut key provisions of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). We’ve had three years of bad laws that make voting harder in states all…
League Initiates Making Democracy Work® Campaign for 2016 Elections (Press Release) 6/23/2016 League set agenda for the next biennium and elected unanimously Chris Carson of Burbank, California as the organization's 19th national president.
League Members to Lobby Congress on Voting Rights (Blog) 6/15/2016 Hundreds of League members from around the country will be lobbying their U.S. Senators and Representatives on Capitol Hill to advocate for the Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA).