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Take Action: Support the EPA's Methane Pollution Regulation (Blog)

9/10/2015

Tell the EPA’s administrator, Gina McCarthy, you support the regulation to mitigate climate change and protect the air we breathe by cutting methane emissions.

Fair Districts Equal Fair Elections: LWV Ohio Shows how Gerrymandering Took the “Swing” Out of Swing State (Blog)

9/3/2015

Predictable Results: A Report from the League of Women Voters of Ohio Comparing 2011 Gerrymandering to the 2012 and 2014 Election Results, concluded that Ohio’s legislative districts are rigged to…

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…

League Advocates for Continued Funding to Restore the Great Lakes (Legal Document)

8/5/2015

The League joined other coalition partners in sending a letter to the Office of Management and Budget requesting continued funding for Great Lakes restoration priorities.

Finalized Clean Power Plan Outlines Key Ways to Stop Climate Change (Blog)

8/5/2015

The Clean Power Plan is the biggest and most ambitious action the U.S. has ever taken to tackle climate change. Read on for just a few key parts of the plan.

Landmark Clean Power Plan Will Save Lives, Protect Environment (Press Release)

8/3/2015

Today, the U.S. Environmental Agency (EPA) unveiled its long-awaited Clean Power Plan (CPP). Elisabeth MacNamara, president of the League of Women Voters of the U.S., issued the following statement…

BREAKING NEWS: EPA Announces Final Carbon Regulation (Blog)

8/3/2015

The EPA has released its Clean Power Plan, the first ever limit on carbon pollution from power plants. Sign our thank you card to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy and President Obama!

League Joins Comments to Census Bureau (Article)

7/20/2015

The League joined national civil rights, voting rights, labor and criminal justice organizations in submitting comments to the Census Bureau asking that incarcerated persons be counted at their home…

Stopping Partisan Gerrymandering and Protecting Independent Redistricting Commissions (Blog)

6/30/2015

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a big victory for citizen-led democracy. In a 5-4 decision in Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, the Court found that voters can…

Voter-Initiated Independent Redistricting Commissions Found Constitutional (Press Release)

6/29/2015

Today, the Court rejected the Arizona legislature's argument that only they can conduct federal redistricting under the U.S. Constitution.