September is Voter Registration Month (Blog) 9/1/2018 September is National Voter Registration Month—and Leagues across the country are working hard to make sure eligible voters are registered to vote.
Record-breaking High School and Community College Voter Drives (Blog) 7/20/2018 League of Women Voters volunteers nationwide have passed a major milestone: hosting more than 600 school registration drives and registering nearly 20,000 students to vote so far this year.
Strengthening American Democracy: A Panel Discussion with the Center for American Progress (Blog) 7/17/2018 Monday morning, the Center for American Progress hosted a panel discussion examining pro-voter and anti-corruption strategies to make government work more effectively for American democracy.
How Do We Know What's True Anymore? (Blog) 6/27/2018 Concerned about the role of "fake news," in undermining democracy, the LWV of Palo Alto hosted a panel to discuss the threat disinformation, misinformation, and fake news pose to our elections.
League Protects Millions of Voters in Lead-up to 2018 (Blog) 6/1/2018 As lawmakers continue to pass legislation and employ tactics that disenfranchise voters, we challenge these efforts through advocacy, grassroots organizing, legal action, and public education.
League Urges Bipartisan Committee to Continue to Demand Transparency on the 2020 Census (Blog) 5/18/2018 The U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee continues to explore the proposal of a question related to citizenship on the 2020 Census.
League Commends Chairman Gowdy for Demanding DOJ Official Answer Census Citizenship Questions (Blog) 5/9/2018 It is up to Congress to exercise oversight authority over the Census Bureau and remove the citizenship question from the 2020 Census.
Notes from the Field: Student Walkouts and Marches (Blog) 4/16/2018 Our volunteers have been out in force, working with passionate students to register new voters at their school walkouts, marches, and other events across the country.
It's time for SOTU Bingo! (Blog) 1/29/2018 On Tuesday, January 30, at 9pm ET, President Trump will deliver his State of the Union (SOTU) address where he will outline his key policy…
Leagues Volunteers Visit 450 Citizenship Ceremonies, Register 25,000 to Vote in 2017 (Blog) 12/22/2017 A fixture in the voter engagement field for 90+ years, LWVUS works to register and turn out new communities of voters. We aim to expand the electorate and ensure a democracy that reflects our…