Redistricting Watch: How Fair Maps Save Lives (Blog) 3/25/2021 When district maps do not represent the people fairly, it prevents us from moving on issues that we care about – issues that can be a matter of life or…
Redistricting Commissions Can Help Ensure an Ethical and Transparent Process (Blog) 3/23/2021 To create more equitable maps, we recommend that states prioritize transparency and implement ethics rules to protect the integrity of commissions and hold politicians…
Redistricting Watch: I Fight For Fair Maps Because I Care About D.C. Statehood (Blog) 3/19/2021 For D.C., fighting to have our voices heard extends beyond redistricting and fair representation of our eight Wards. Fighting for fair representation also means…
Redistricting Watch: What the For the People Act Means for Redistricting (Blog) 3/12/2021 The For the People Act doesn’t just make voting simpler—it makes voting fairer by outlawing the racial and partisan gerrymandering that keeps power in the hands of…
Redistricting Watch: I Will Fight for Fair Maps (Blog) 3/3/2021 This blog is the first of a series of blogs about redistricting and the different issues it impacts.
Remaining Nonpartisan in Hyper-partisan Times (Blog) 2/10/2021 More than 100 years ago, the League of Women Voters of the U.S. was founded to be a nonpartisan voice for American women who wanted free, fair, and open elections, above all else. The politics may…
Historic Turnout in 2020 Shows Why America Needs the For the People Act (Blog) 2/2/2021 The historic 2020 election highlights the need for Congress to pass the For the People Act.
In the Know: How Impeachment & the 25th Amendment Work (Blog) 1/14/2021 The Founders established a set of checks and balances to ensure the health and stability of our democracy, and that if impeachment or the 25th amendment is pursued that it is the best…
Reaching One Million Georgia Voters (Blog) 1/5/2021 Today, there is a critical runoff election in Georgia! Two US Senate seats that will determine control of the Senate and a Public Service Commissioner position are on the ballot.
20 Ways LWV Empowered Voters and Protected Democracy in 2020 (Blog) 12/10/2020 More voters than ever before participated in our elections in 2020, thanks in part to the work of the League across the country. Here are just a few of our successes in 2020.