Empowering Voters. Defending Democracy.
The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan, grassroots organization working to protect and expand voting rights and ensure everyone is represented in our democracy. We empower voters and defend democracy through advocacy, education, and litigation, at the local, state, and national levels.
Unite and Rise 8.5
Unite & Rise 8.5 aims to build a movement of 8.5 million individuals to fight back against the anti-democratic actions of the current administration.
According to research, 8.5 million people taking nonviolent action are all we need to make meaningful change in this critical time.
Join us as we defend democracy, from the courts to the streets and beyond!
Defend Democracy
Reject Anti-Voter Policies
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Tell Congress to Guarantee the Right to Vote
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Tell Congress to Defend Democracy
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Demand Equal Rights
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Support the Expansion of Voting Rights
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Tell Congress to Oppose Federal Interference in DC
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Defending the Right to Vote
In 2024 we protected more than 9.38 million voters in courts across the nation.
Protecting free elections and separation of powers
LWVUS, LWV of Arizona and partners filed a federal lawsuit arguing that President Trump’s Executive Order 14248, which ordered the EAC to require documentary proof of citizenship on the federal voter registration form, threatened to withhold funds from states allowing post-election day receipt of mail ballots, and invited DOGE to assist in voter list maintenance, among other provisions, was an illegal order beyond the President’s powers under the United States Constitution and federal law.
Protecting Voter Registration
LWV Florida and the Florida NAACP filed a lawsuit in federal court asserting Florida’s statewide voter registration form violated the National Voter Registration Act by failing to properly inform applicants with felony convictions of the additional requirements they must satisfy to vote.
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Supporting Fair Representation for All
LWVUS and allied groups filed an amicus brief in the US Supreme Court supporting a new congressional map that created a second Black-majority district to ensure fair representation for Black voters in Louisiana. A previous lawsuit asserted that Louisiana had diluted Black voters’ voting power by failing to draw a second majority-Black district. After a federal court struck down the map, the legislature drew a map with a second-majority Black district. Several individual plaintiffs filed a lawsuit alleging that this map was a racial gerrymander. A panel sided with the plaintiffs, and the case was appealed to the US Supreme Court. LWVUS and its co-amici argued the panel’s decision was incorrect and that the legislature’s remedial map should be affirmed.
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In 2024, more than 9.5 million people found nonpartisan voting resources on VOTE411, including approximately 250,000 Spanish speakers.
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