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How to Support the Immigrant Community (Blog)

4/1/2025

Recent actions by President Donald Trump threaten today’s immigrant community. In moments like this, we must stand against hate and for our neighbors. LWV and the National Partnership for New…

How the Supreme Court Made Racial Gerrymandering Easier in Alexander v. South Carolina NAACP (Blog)

8/13/2024

In 2024, a Supreme Court ruling made it easier for state legislatures to commit racial gerrymanders, drawing congressional maps that disempower voters of color.

Major End-of-Term Supreme Court Cases (Blog)

6/24/2024

Every June, the League, our partners, and people around the country await the US Supreme Court’s (SCOTUS) opinions on critical issues like access to the ballot, redistricting, reproductive rights,…

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…

What’s Happening with Alabama’s Redistricting Post-Milligan? (Blog)

12/5/2023

In an unexpected decision last June, Allen v. Milligan, the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) upheld Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and ruled that Alabama’s 2021 congressional map illegally…

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…

Congressional Budget Riders Could Make DC Less Safe (Blog)

8/15/2023

While Congress is home on the August recess, negotiations are continuing on the final budget for the fiscal year. Oftentimes, negotiators use riders on the budget to appease either side to move…

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…

What is "One Person, One Vote?" (Blog)

5/4/2023

When redistricting is done fairly, each person’s vote is equal to every other person’s because their districts are drawn in ways that accurately represent the voting power of the people within them…

11 Ways You Protected Democracy in 2022! (Blog)

12/15/2022

In a groundbreaking year, you rallied, donated, wrote representatives, and voted to defend a democracy in which all voters can safely and fairly make their voices heard. Here are a few highlights.