League of Women Voters Responds to Arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka (Press Release) 5/10/2025 LWV and LWVNJ Responds to the Arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka outside an ICE detention facility.
Federal Court Rules in Favor of Voters in North Carolina Post-Election Disenfranchisement Case (Press Release) 5/6/2025 Raleigh, NC — In a sweeping decision issued yesterday evening, Chief Judge Richard E. Myers II of the US District Court for the Eastern District of…
Democracy Maine Files Suit to Release Federal Government Grant Funding (Press Release) 5/6/2025 Augusta, ME — Yesterday, Democracy Maine — a collaboration of the League of Women Voters of Maine Education Fund, Maine Citizens for Clean Elections…
Latest Fear Tactic to Intimidate NJ Voters: LWV Responds to Creation of Anti-Voter Task Force by US Attorney (Press Release) 5/2/2025 On April 29, 2025, US Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba announced the formation of a federal task force, the “Election Integrity…
TODAY: League of Women Voters Launches ‘Unite and Rise 8.5’ Initiative (Press Release) 5/1/2025 On May 1, 2025, the League of Women Voters of the United States , launched a powerful new initiative, Unite and Rise 8.5, which aims to engage and mobilize 8.5 million voters through advocacy, civic…
Terrifying, Unacceptable, and Dangerous: LWV’s Response to the Arrest of Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan (Press Release) 4/25/2025 On April 25, 2025, federal agents arrested Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan at her courthouse for allegedly obstructing the unlawful…
Federal Court Blocks Part of Anti-Voter Trump Executive Order Challenged by League of Women Voters (Press Release) 4/24/2025 On April 24, 2025, a federal judge temporarily blocked provisions of an anti-voter executive order challenged by the League of Women Voters.
League of Women Voters of California Seeks to Protect Mailed Ballots in California (Press Release) 4/21/2025 San Diego, CA — Hundreds of thousands of California voters could have their ballots wrongfully discounted, according to a motion to intervene filed…
League of Women Voters Sues to Defend Direct Democracy in Arkansas (Press Release) 4/21/2025 Little Rock, AR — Today, the League of Women Voters of Arkansas (LWVAR) filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Western District of…
LWV Declares United States in a “Constitutional Crisis,” Announces New Initiative to Mobilize Voters (Press Release) 4/17/2025 On April 17, 2025, the nonpartisan League of Women Voters took the step of labeling our current moment a “constitutional crisis.” Concurrently, LWV announced a new initiative, Unite and Rise 8.5, to…
