LWV's Work with Urgent Social Justice Issues (Blog) 5/22/2024 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…
Representing Middle Eastern and North African Citizens in the Census (Blog) 5/15/2024 A proposed expansion to the racial identification categories in the US Census would increase representation for the Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) community.
Disability Rights Mississippi v. Fitch (Legal Case) 5/8/2024 LWV Mississippi, Disability Rights Mississippi, and three voters filed a federal lawsuit against restrictions on voters with disabilities seeking assistance with returning absentee ballots
LWVUS Opposes Effort to Exclude Noncitizens from Apportionment Count (Legal Document) 5/7/2024 LWVUS and partners urged Congress to oppose H.R. 7109, the Equal Representation Act.
REPORT: Women Voters by the Numbers (Blog) 5/2/2024 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…
Juliana v. United States (Legal Case) 5/1/2024 LWVUS and the LWV Oregon filed amicus briefs supporting youth seeking a court order requiring the federal government to plan to end fossil fuel emissions
Lawson v. Hargett (formerly Ashe v. Hargett) (Legal Case) 5/1/2024 LWV of Tennessee filed a federal lawsuit asserting the state’s requirement that voters be "bona fide" party members or declare allegiance when voting in a party’s primary election is unconstitutional
League of Women Voters of Montana v. Knudsen (Legal Case) 4/24/2024 LWV Montana filed a state court lawsuit against HB 892, which imposed criminal penalties on voters
Kim v. Hanlon (Legal Case) 4/17/2024 LWV New Jersey filed an amicus brief opposing the state’s county line system in federal court, asserting it was unconstitutional and discriminatory
Democracy North Carolina v. Hirsch (Legal Case) 4/2/2024 LWV of North Carolina sued over a North Carolina law allowing election officials to throw out same-day registering voters’ ballots if a single address confirmation mailing was undeliverable