On Women’s Equality Day, We Continue the Fight (Blog) 8/26/2020 Women have the power to create a more perfect democracy, one vote at a time. If there are no barriers for them to participate fully, that is. One…
LWVUS Submits Letter to Senate on American Democracy Month (Legal Document) 8/26/2020 LWVUS submitted a letter to members of the Senate asking for them to co-sponsor S.Res. 672, a bipartisan Senate resolution to establish September…
What issues are you willing to defend? For me, it’s Equal Rights (Blog) 8/25/2020 This guest post was contributed by Sherry Macqueen of the LWV of North Carolina ERA League Action Team. Do you remember how you felt in…, I live in North Carolina, an unratified state. I am a member of the LWV of North Carolina and co-chair, along with Judy Lotas, our state ERA action…, My dad told me I deserve the same rights as your son - the same salary for doing the same job, the same standing under the Constitution. That can…, Opinion Editorials and Letters-to-the-Editor Two team members, Teri Walley and Judy Lotas, had both an opinion piece and a…
100 Years After the 19th Amendment, Women Power the Vote (Blog) 8/17/2020 The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." -The…
THE WASHINGTON POST: Postal Service Warns 46 States their Voters Could Be Disenfranchised by Delayed Mail-in Ballots (News Clips) 8/14/2020 This story was originally published by the Washington Post. Anticipating an avalanche of absentee ballots, the U.S. Postal Service recently sent…
People Powering the Vote: League Leaders and the fight for the VRAA (Blog) 8/6/2020 Today is August 6th, 2020. It has been 244 days since the Voting Rights Advancement Act passed the U.S. …
LWVUS and Common Cause Demand Census Bureau Extend Operation Deadline (Legal Document) 8/6/2020 LWVUS and Common Cause have written a letter to Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham asking him to commit to a fair and accurate census count.…
Unconstitutional Executive Order Targets Immigrants and Damages Redistricting (Press Release) 7/22/2020 Washington – The League of Women Voters CEO Virginia Kase issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s executive order to exclude…
League Continues Push for Elections Funding (Legal Document) 7/16/2020 The League sent a letter urging U.S. Senators to include $3.6 billion in funding for elections in the next stimulus package. Members of the LWVUS…
Connecticut Groups File Federal Lawsuit to Expand Vote-by-Mail for 2020 Elections Due to COVID-19 (Press Release) 7/2/2020 UPDATE: Recent action from the Connecticut state legislature and Secretary of State expands voting-by-mail in the state, automatically mailing…