Notes from the Field: Student Walkouts and Marches (Blog) 4/16/2018 Our volunteers have been out in force, working with passionate students to register new voters at their school walkouts, marches, and other events across the country.
Bustle: March For Our Lives' Gun Control Agenda Is Clear. Now It Needs To Turn Protesters Into Voters. (News Clips) 4/4/2018 "It is safe to say that we have never registered this many people, so early in the year, during a non-presidential election year."
Leagues Volunteers Visit 450 Citizenship Ceremonies, Register 25,000 to Vote in 2017 (Blog) 12/22/2017 A fixture in the voter engagement field for 90+ years, LWVUS works to register and turn out new communities of voters. We aim to expand the electorate and ensure a democracy that reflects our…
League Volunteers Registered Tens of Thousands of New Citizens to Vote in 2016 (Blog) 12/14/2016 Each year, hundreds of thousands of immigrants complete the naturalization application process and take part in swearing-in ceremonies—also known as naturalization ceremonies—in cities and counties
Leagues to Host 400 Voter Registration Events Tuesday, 9/27 (Press Release) 9/26/2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 26, 2016
Help Us Recognize a Local League that Effectively Engaged their Community (Blog) 4/15/2016 The Effective Community Engagement award will reward innovative democracy-building programs that prioritized successful recruitment and engagement of strategic partners and/or new volunteers,…
15 Years of Making Democracy Work (Blog) 8/24/2015 I will be stepping down in a few weeks after 15 years as the League’s executive director. I am confident that the League will continue its work to make American democracy as good as the ideals on…
How State and Local Leagues are Celebrating Earth Day 2014 (Blog) 4/21/2014 In 2009, League members came together to develop the League’s Climate Change Task Force. Local and state Leagues are committed to addressing environmental concerns that arise in their communities.
LWVUS Lobby Corps: An Invaluable Resource (Blog) 4/10/2014 Established in 1971, Lobby Corps convenes for briefings on League legislative priorities. They play a key role in promoting League issues and communicating our positions to Congress.
Increasing Voter Registration (Topic Page) We work year-round to make sure all eligible Americans — especially first-time voters, non-college youth, new citizens, communities of color, and low-income Americans — have the…