LWVUS Joins Letter Urging Congress Remove Hyde Amendment from FY25 Budget (Legal Document) 5/29/2024 The League signed onto a letter to US Congress urging them to ensure that the Hyde Amendment is not included in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget. The…
Supreme Court Opens the Door for Unchecked Racial Discrimination in Redistricting (Press Release) 5/23/2024 WASHINGTON — Today the Supreme Court of the United States overturned a lower court’s ruling that South Carolina’s congressional map was an…, “The League is deeply disappointed with today’s Supreme Court ruling that allows our state to move forward with discriminatory maps that divide the…, Justice Elena Kagan’s dissent laments that the majority opinion opens the door for egregious and unchecked racial gerrymandering by mapmakers, noting…
LWV's Work with Urgent Social Justice Issues (Blog) 5/22/2024 To achieve the League's vision of a democracy where every person has the desire, the right, the knowledge, and the confidence to participate, LWV…, The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)The League supports ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment and efforts to bring laws into compliance with the…, Climate ChangeThe League supports climate goals and policies that are consistent with the best available climate science and that will ensure a…, Gun SafetyThe League believes in protecting the health and safety of citizens through limiting the accessibility and regulating the ownership of…, ImmigrationThe League believes in promoting the reunification of immediate families, meeting the economic, business, and employment needs of the…, Reproductive JusticeThe League believes in protecting the constitutional right of privacy of the individual to make reproductive choices.…, How You Can Get Involved in Urgent IssuesTake one minute to urge your members of Congress to support the Equal Rights Amendment; Take one minute…
VICTORY: Judge Permanently Blocks Part of Florida’s Restrictive Voting Law Targeting Nonpartisan Florida Voter Registration Groups (Press Release) 5/15/2024 Today, a federal judge permanently blocked a severely restrictive provision of Florida’s anti-voter law, SB7050, that targeted nonpartisan civic…
League joins ACLU, DEMOS in submitting Comments to CMS (Legal Document) 5/6/2024 The League joined the ACLU and Demos on a federal register notice from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The request concerns a…
League of Women Voters helps Missoula College students access voting information (News Clips) 4/25/2024 This news segment originally aired on KPAX School board elections are just around the corner in May and Montana's primary election is in June. It's…
LWV Powers Young Voters in Selma (Blog) 4/10/2024 Bloody Sunday refers to the day in 1965 when hundreds of civil rights activists were attacked by law enforcement while marching for Black American's…, This year, the League of Women Voters of the United States, along with the League of Women Voters of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, and Utah,…, With so many events that weekend, the League wanted to ensure we gave back to the Selma community. To do so, the League of Women Voters of Alabama,…, There was a clear takeaway from this year’s Jubilee: young voters care about their community and deserve to have a say in the decisions that affect…