LWV Staff

League to DOJ: Voters must depend on Atty. General Holder for Real Action (Press Release)

The following is a statement from Elisabeth MacNamara, President, League of Women Voters of the U.S.:

Obama’s Carbon Pollution Limits are Big Step for Public Health, Climate (Press Release)

League Cheers Decision to Protect People, Not Polluters

House Passes Sweeping Anti-Clean Air TRAIN Act (Press Release)

Leading Environmental Groups Call on Senate to Reject It, Commend Veto Threat from White House

Texas Redistricting Plan Blatantly Illegal (Press Release)

League of Women Voters Urges U.S. Justice Department to Object

League Disappointed by President Obama's Ozone Retreat (Press Release)

For Immediate Release

Don't Terminate the Election Assistance Commission (Press Release)

League of Women Voters Urges House to Oppose HR 672

Who Will Elect the President? The Electoral College System (Blog)

Every four years, the Electoral College, a little-known feature of our Constitution, enjoys a fleeting movement of fame. About six weeks after the long grind of the presidential election is over, the 538 college members meet in their respective states to perform their sole constitutional function: to elect the President and Vice-President of the United States.

But the impact of the college on presidential elections is far greater — and more controversial —than its brief life indicates.