On Monday, the Department of Justice filed suit against North Carolina’s new voter suppression law. North Carolina's law is just one of many attacks on voting rights taking place right now.
Many states have important elections this year, and voter registration deadlines take place in many states as early as next week! Here's how you can help make sure that the people in your life are registered and ready to vote in November.
Yesterday, a record 800+ groups—including nearly 300 League of Women Voters affiliates in 43 states—headed out into their neighborhoods to help Americans register to vote or update their registration.
This Election Day, millions of Americans across the country will head to the polls to cast a vote. Attending a candidate debate is one of the best ways voters can prepare for the polls. But how can viewers get the most out of the experience?
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon hear the case, McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission (FEC). Labeled the “next Citizens United," the case challenges the spending limits imposed on individual donors as a means of preventing corruption.
A rundown on powerful calls to protect voting rights from speakers celebrating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.
The organizers could not have ordered better weather. The skies were clear, the sun was bright and, for late August in Washington, D.C., the temperature was mild.
This past weekend I joined with members of the League and thousands of other activists in Washington, DC to mark the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.
Women leaders in the Civil Rights Movement and 1963 March on Washington explain how women have been given little credit for their work in the movement.
League members from across the country will join thousands of advocates as well as renowned civil rights leaders, as we mark the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.