The League of Women Voters is pleased with today’s announcement by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that they are filing suit against the Texas voter photo ID law.
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. In 1963, the March on Washington was the largest mass protest in American history when and women and men, young and old from all differ
Forty-eight years ago today, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the historic Voting Rights Act (VRA) into law. Unfortunately, earlier this summer the U.S. Supreme Court erased fundamental protections against racial discrimination in voting that have been critical in protecting our democracy.
EDITORIAL NOTE: This blog post was originally published on the Huffington Post.
EDITORIAL NOTE: This guest blog post was written by Nelda Holder, a board member of the League of Women Voters of North Carolina.
This week, both the Senate and House of Representatives held hearings to discuss the future of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). Late last month, the U.S.
In the last two weeks, the Supreme Court has issued decisions on two monumental voting rights cases. Together these cases only underline how important it is for organizations like the League of Women Voters to do the vitally important work of bringing new voters into our political process by registering them.
EDITORIAL NOTE: This is a guest blog post written by Stacy Doepner-Hove, President, League of Women Voters of Minnesota
In its ruling on Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder on Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court erased fundamental protections against racial discrimination in voting that have been critical in protecting our democracy for more than four decades.
The League of Women Voters statement on the U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding the Voting Rights Act.
