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…
Premiere: What Do You VOTE411? (Blog) 1/8/2024 Ahead of the 2024 midterms, LWV's latest Public Service Announcement's for VOTE411.org are live!
Artificial Intelligence’s Impact on Election Mis- and Disinformation (Blog) 12/21/2023 There are countless applications and issues within AI. The League's primary interest is in the potential impacts of AI on our elections. It is part of our world, and it will likely continue to become…
Fighting Mis- & Disinformation With the Democracy Truth Project (Blog) 11/13/2023 The Democracy Truth Project aims to strengthen democracy and restore trust in the electoral process by combating mis- and disinformation. The project leverages the extensive expertise of League…
The Lochner Court: Substantive Due Process and Its Effect on the Supreme Court Today (Blog) 10/19/2023 The Lochner era marked the beginning of the US Supreme Court’s (SCOTUS) expansion of its powers into unenumerated rights, and by extension, Americans’ economic and social lives, which persists today…
College Voter Guide: Q&A (Blog) 10/17/2023 Casting your vote, especially if it’s your first time, can seem complicated. To make it simple, we’ve compiled some of the most common questions we’ve received from college and university students.…
A Racial Gerrymandering Case at the Supreme Court: Alexander v. SC State Conf. of the NAACP (Blog) 10/3/2023 The League is invested in and carefully watching an important redistricting case, Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP. The case is an appeal from a ruling striking down South…
Legal Trends to Watch in 2023 (Blog) 8/30/2023 From January – August 2023, state legislatures nationwide passed various bills into law. While following these developments, the League noticed several important trends around voting rights and…
Where is the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program Now? (Blog) 6/1/2023 The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program protects certain people who immigrated to the United States as children from being deported. Since the program began in 2012, DACA has…
Voting Local Matters: Why Vote for School Board? (Blog) 5/25/2023 School board members have the important job of overseeing the education of future community members, and that’s powerful. The school board sets the policies and goals for the district, while the…