To Avoid Voter Confidence Erosion, Ensure Election Security (Blog) 11/22/2019 LWVCT's Carol Reimers joined CT SOS Denise Merrill, Rep. Jim Himes, & UConn Center for Voting Tech.'s Alex Russell to raise awareness on election security.
League of Women Voters of Wisconsin Sues to Prevent Enforcement of Bills Passed During Unconstitutional “Extraordinary Session” of the Legislature (Press Release) 1/10/2019 The lawsuit contends that because the Legislature unconstitutionally convened the December 2018 “extraordinary session,” all business conducted during the “extraordinary session” is void and…
Mother Jones: These Three Lawyers Are Quietly Purging Voter Rolls Across the Country (News Clips) 7/7/2017 This article originally appeared in Mother Jones.
League Joins Letter in Support of Paid Family Leave (Legal Document) 6/30/2017 The League joined more than 340 organizations representing a range of demographic groups from more than 40 states in sending a letter to Congress urging members to support an inclusive paid family…
League Urges Rejection of EAC Termination in House Appropriations Bill (Legal Document) 6/29/2017 The League sent a memo to members of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government urging them to reject provisions in the Financial Services Appropriation Bill,…
Los Angeles Times: Senate Obamacare repeal plan would slash federal healthcare funding for Medicaid (News Clips) 6/22/2017 This article originally appeared in the Los Angeles Times. By Noam N. Levey and Lisa Mascaro Senate Republicans unveiled a draft bill on Thursday to…
Obama Administration Violating Voting Rights Law (Blog) 10/30/2015 We've been lobbying to make sure the healthcare exchanges required by the ACA comply with the National Voter Registration Act. This week, we asked the president for voluntary compliance.
Letter to President Obama on Failure to Provide Voter Registration Through Federally-Facilitated Health Care Exchanges (Article) 10/27/2015 In a letter to President Obama, three of the nation's leading voting rights organizations—Demos, Project Vote, and the League of Women Voters—urged the Administration to come into compliance with the…
Obama Administration Violating Voting Rights Law (Press Release) 10/27/2015 "This is an important voting rights issue that can no longer be ignored," said League President Elisabeth MacNamara.
California Health Exchange Slow to Offer Voter Registration (News Clips) 3/26/2014 Supporters of the new national health care law portray California's exchange as among the most successful at signing up residents for medical coverage.