Women, Girls, and Climate Change at COP27 (Blog) 1/10/2023 In November 2022, the League sent delegates in person and virtually to observe the COP27 Climate Change Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Experts highlighted ways in which climate change…
Two-Year Anniversary of January 6th Insurrection (Press Release) 1/6/2023 WASHINGTON — Today the League of Women Voters of the United States’ president Dr. Deborah Turner and CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following joint statement on the anniversary of the January…
Electoral Count Reform Act Passes in Senate Omnibus Bill (Press Release) 12/22/2022 WASHINGTON — Today the League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement after Senate passage of the omnibus appropriations bill that includes the…
Professor, author, historian: Kimberly Hamlin influences Miami community with her work (News Clips) 12/4/2022 This profile was originally published by The Miami Student.
LWVUS Submits Comments to HHS on Healthy People 2030 Objectives (Legal Document) 12/2/2022 LWVUS submitted public comments to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the proposed Healthy People 2030 objectives. The League articulated why the objective to increase the…
Native American Activist You Should Know: Naelyn Pike (Blog) 11/29/2022 Naelyn Pike is a 23-year-old Chiricahua Apache. As a lifelong fighter, she continues to follow in her grandfather’s — the Apache Stronghold's founder — footsteps in protecting Apache's…
Op-Ed | League of Women Voters of Nevada County: Democracy only works when we the people participate (News Clips) 11/28/2022 This opinion was originally published by YubaNet.com An election may be a milestone, but it is not the journey. An election is an opportunity to check in with each other about the course of our…
The League of Women Voters Champions a Democracy Where All Can Confidently Participate (News Clips) 11/17/2022 This interview was originally published in Noozhawk. LWV of Santa Barbara seeks to empower voters and defend democracy.
Voting Rights Groups Ask US DOJ to Guard Against Unauthorized Ballot Access in Texas (Press Release) 11/7/2022 LWV of Texas called on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to publicly assert Texas election officials’ duty to maintain the proper voting ballot chain of custody as required by federal law, and to…
Iowa political groups, parties bank on midterm voter turnout (News Clips) 11/6/2022 This article was originally published in The Daily Iowan. Terese Grant, president of the Iowa League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to protecting voter rights, said the…