Election FAQ (Blog) 9/22/2023 Election Day doesn't have to be confusing! We're answering some of our most frequently received questions on casting your ballot.
LWVUS Joins Letter Urging Congress to Protect Water-Related State Revolving Funds (Legal Document) 8/28/2023 LWVUS joined a letter to Congress urging that they protect the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) -the primary federal support for wastewater and…
Is a Barbie World possible? (News Clips) 8/25/2023 This opinion was originally published in The Fulcrum. LWVUS CEO Virginia Kase Solomón discusses women's equality in a post-Dobbs world and our #WID23 campaign.
LWVUS Advocates for Election Funding (Legal Document) 8/10/2023 The League of Women Voters of the United States sent a letter to Congress in support of the Senate’s proposed $75 million appropriation for the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) Security Grants in…
Anti-LGBTQIA+ State Legislative Trends (Blog) 7/13/2023 Throughout 2023, we have seen an unprecedented number of legislative attacks on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and other sexual and gender minority (…
Voter registration groups in Tallahassee will stop collecting forms (News Clips) 6/26/2023 This story was originally published by WSFU. Some voter registration groups in Tallahassee plan to stop delivering completed forms to elections offices to avoid the possibility of facing higher…
Reflecting on the UN’s 2023 Commission on the Status of Women (Blog) 6/15/2023 The United Nations' Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. The…
Food Waste: Why it Matters & What We Can Do (Blog) 6/8/2023 Over one-third of the food produced in the US is never consumed — it is wasted. Food waste means all resources to grow the food are also wasted — energy, labor, water, and fertilizers. The…
AANHPI Activist You Should Know: Kristy Drutman (Blog) 5/29/2023 Kristy Drutman, also known as “Browngirl Green,” is a speaker, media producer, and environmental justice activist. She co-founded the Green Jobs Board, a digital platform to help folks around the…
Pro-Democracy Groups Sue Louisiana Over Inequitable Felony Disenfranchisement Scheme (Press Release) 5/1/2023 Baton Rouge, LA — Today, the League of Women Voters of Louisiana (LWV of Louisiana), along with Voice of the Experienced (VOTE) and the Power Coalition for Equity and Justice (Power Coalition),…