NH Voting-Rights Advocates Push for Online Registration (News Clips) 6/19/2023 This article was originally published by Public News Service.
TSU, League of Women Voters partner to reach young voters (News Clips) 6/14/2023 This story was originally published in Defender. Texas Southern University’s Executive Master of Public Administration Program (eMPA) and the League of Women Voters-Houston have signed a Memorandum…
Meet Alice Upshaw Hawkins, first Black leader of League of Women Voters of Corpus Christi (News Clips) 5/31/2023 This profile was originally published in the Corpus Christi Caller Times. Upshaw Hawkins is the first Black president of the Corpus Christi chapter of the nonpartisan grassroots organization…
'Drag for Democracy' in SF shows LGBTQ+ community about power of voting (News Clips) 5/21/2023 This story was originally aired by ABC 7. The League of Women Voters of California honored several San Francisco leaders who have shown support for the LGBTQ+ community.
League of Women Voters Marks 30th Anniversary of NVRA (Press Release) 5/20/2023 While we’ve made advancements in expanding voter access, some 30 years later, the fight for voting rights is far from over.
30 years after the NVRA, we're still fighting for voting rights (News Clips) 5/20/2023 This op-ed was originally published by The Hill. LWVUS CEO Virginia Kase Solomón wrote about the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) and the right to vote thirty years later.
Protecting the National Voter Registration Act (Blog) 5/18/2023 The League’s history of breaking down barriers to voting is perhaps best exemplified by its contribution to the passage of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) in 1993. This legislation makes…
Voter Registration Rates Highest in 20 Years (News Clips) 5/17/2023 This story was originally published by Public News Service. Liz Tentarelli, president of the League of Women Voters of New Hampshire, said research shows increasing political polarization…
Pro-Democracy Groups Sue Louisiana Over Inequitable Felony Disenfranchisement Scheme (Press Release) 5/1/2023 Baton Rouge, LA — Today, the League of Women Voters of Louisiana (LWV of Louisiana), along with Voice of the Experienced (VOTE) and the Power Coalition for Equity and Justice (Power Coalition),…
LWVUS Comments on OMB Race and Ethnicity Data Standards (Legal Document) 4/27/2023 The League submitted comments to the Management and Budget Office (OMB) regarding its proposed updates to the federal government’s race and ethnicity data collection standards. The outcome of this…
