Press Releases

The state of Rhode Island has agreed to eliminate witness/notary requirements for vote by mail throughout the 2020 elections due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The Senate legislation fails. It is essential that there is funding to protect the health of voters, our elections, and our democracy.

LWV of Rhode Island filed a lawsuit seeking to suspend the state’s mail ballot witness and notary requirement during COVID-19.

The President’s proposal to exclude immigrants in the 2021 redistricting cycle is unconstitutional and unconscionable.

The increasing number of attacks on our democracy requires our organization to speak out against unconstitutional acts.

WASHINGTON – The League of Women Voters Education Fund received a grant of $150,000 from Craig Newmark Philanthropies to support the League’s redistricting initiative, People…

LWV of Pennsylvania and partners filed a motion to intervene in Trump v. Boockvar, a case seeking to limit vote-by-mail options in Pennsylvania. The League and its partners seek to intervene on behalf of impacted voters.

LWVUS and LWV of New York State filed a federal lawsuit to ensure absentee voters have the opportunity to cure their ballots for the remaining 2020 election cycle.

LWV of Connecticut filed a federal lawsuit seeking to make mail-in voting available to every eligible Connecticut voter during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The League of Women Voters of the United States filed a friend of the court brief in the federal case that supports ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) as completed by the states of Virginia, Illinois, and Nevada.