Why Gun Safety is an LGBTQIA+ Issue (Blog) 6/5/2024 Gun violence has a relatively more devastating impact on certain groups of people, including the LGBTQIA+ community. The disproportionate impact of gun violence on the LGBTQIA+ community makes…
Civic Groups Respond to Kansas Supreme Court Ruling on Controversial Voting Laws (Press Release) 5/31/2024 The Kansas Supreme Court issued a decision in LWV Kansas v. Schwab, a case brought by the League of Women Voters of Kansas (LWV Kansas), Loud Light, Kansas Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, and…
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…
LWV Responds to House Hearing on Non-Citizen Voting (Press Release) 5/16/2024 WASHINGTON — The League of Women Voters of the United State issued the following statement following the House Administration Committees hearing “American Confidence in Elections: Preventing…
League of Women Voters Statement on Presidential Debates (Press Release) 5/15/2024 WASHINGTON — The League of Women Voters of the United States issued the following statement addressing the 2024 presidential debate schedule:
Civil Rights, Voting Rights, Disability Rights Groups Ask Court to Block Enforcement of Law Criminalizing Absentee Ballot Application Assistance (Press Release) 5/3/2024 A coalition of civil rights, voting rights, and disability rights organizations filed a motion for a preliminary injunction asking the court to pause the state of Alabama from criminalizing the…
LWVUS Affirms Right to Peaceful Protest (Press Release) 5/2/2024 “At the League of Women Voters, our goal is to ensure that every person can make their voices heard — in the streets and at the polls. We firmly believe that, like voting, peaceful protest is a…
Tennessee Voters, LWVTN Refile Challenge to State’s “Bona Fide” Primary Voting Law (Press Release) 5/1/2024 Nashville, TN — Today, plaintiffs Victor Ashe, Phil Lawson, Gabe Hart, James R. Palmer, and the League of Women Voters of Tennessee filed a federal…
LWVUS Supports Voting Rights Restoration (Legal Document) 5/1/2024 LWVUS Federal Lobby Corps lobbied Congress in support of the Next Step Home Act to restore the voting rights of thousands of Americans with prior convictions.
League of Women Voters of New Hampshire Ask Federal Court to Immediately Halt Defendants’ Use of Artificial Intelligence in US Elections (Press Release) 4/30/2024 The League of Women Voters of the United States, the League of Women Voters of New Hampshire, and several individual New Hampshire voters have filed a motion for preliminary injunction in the US…