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Gun violence has a relatively more devastating impact on certain groups of people, including the LGBTQIA+ community. The disproportionate impact of gun violence on the LGBTQIA+ community makes gun safety a vital protection for community members.

Make sure your grad is ready to make their voice heard as they step into the world with these VOTE411 postcards!

Election and voting rights were the focus of this year’s Brown Forum for Women in Law Conference hosted by Northeastern University School of Law. This year’s conference was entitled “Women, Media, and the Law: Impacting Elections 2024.” 

 Our chief counsel and senior director of advocacy and litigation, Celina Stewart, attended the conference and spoke on its voting rights panel.

To achieve a democracy where every person has the desire, the right, the knowledge, and the confidence to participate, LWV advocates on issues like voting rights and “urgent issues." 

Urgent issues include social issues that impact people’s ability to participate equitably in our democracy, including sex and gender equality, environmental and gun policies conducive to public health, immigration reform, and the ability to make reproductive choices. 

A proposed expansion to the racial identification categories in the US Census would increase representation for the Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) community.

Voting is a fundamental right. Yet voters with disabilities face persistent barriers to casting a ballot.

Fortunately, these barriers can be challenged under Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA), which requires that states allow people with disabilities to receive assistance in the voting process. 

We pulled US Census to get a snapshot of how women are voting. It made one thing clear: the next election is up to women.

See our map showing the power of women voters in 2022 and our graph on registered voters from 2004-2022 by the numbers.

The Supreme Court case Moyle v. United States could leave women and people who can become pregnant at risk of permanent bodily harm, creating a patchwork in which some states provide reproductive freedom and equal citizenship for people who can become pregnant while others don’t.  

Abortion will not and should not be left to the whim of state legislatures, particularly when people’s health and lives are at risk. 

In honor of Emancipation Day, DC's Mayor Muriel Bowser hosted a Full Democracy Champions Luncheon. Within are remarks from LWV's Kelly McFarland Stratman on DC Statehood.

Bloody Sunday refers to the day in 1965 when hundreds of civil rights activists were attacked by law enforcement while marching for Black American's right to vote. Now, Bloody Sunday is an observance where civil and voting rights advocates congregate to honor the legacy of the original foot soldiers who risked their lives for equal rights. Jubilee attendees build on the original activists’ legacies by continuing to fight for equal representation.