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League of Women Voters Mobilizes Voters for National Voter Registration Day (Press Release)

In the largest activation in history, the League of Women Voters will host more than 600 voter registration events this year in recognition of National Voter Registration Day. 

Major End-of-Term Supreme Court Cases (Blog)

Every June, the League, our partners, and people around the country await the US Supreme Court’s (SCOTUS) opinions on critical issues like access to the ballot, redistricting, reproductive rights,…

Preparing for the 2024 Presidential Election with LWV's Chief Counsel (Blog)

Election and voting rights were the focus of this year’s Brown Forum for Women in Law Conference hosted by Northeastern University School of Law. This year’s conference was entitled “Women, Media,…

LWV Powers Young Voters in Selma (Blog)

Bloody Sunday refers to the day in 1965 when hundreds of civil rights activists were attacked by law enforcement while marching for Black American's right to vote. Now, Bloody Sunday is an observance…

Top Ten open government stories of 2023 (part one) (News Clips)

This story was originally published by Forward Kentucky. On November 29, the League of Women Voters of Kentucky published a study examining “Transparency and Citizen Participation in…

The Lochner Court: Substantive Due Process and Its Effect on the Supreme Court Today (Blog)

The Lochner era marked the beginning of the US Supreme Court’s (SCOTUS) expansion of its powers into unenumerated rights, and by extension, Americans’ economic and social lives, which persists today…

A century of civic engagement: League of Women Voters of Metropolitan Tulsa celebrates 100 years (News Clips)

This story was originally published by TulsaPeople. This year, Tulsa’s league of the nonpartisan nonprofit organization celebrates 100 years of encouraging informed and active participation in…

Legal Trends to Watch in 2023 (Blog)

From January – August 2023, state legislatures nationwide passed various bills into law. While following these developments, the League noticed several important trends around voting rights and…

Still Fighting for Voting Rights (News Clips)

This profile was originally published in the Mount Vernon Gazette. Love was in the air last week on Valentine’s Day. For the League of Women Voters (LWV), love is always in the air, the love of…

Voting Rights Groups Ask US DOJ to Guard Against Unauthorized Ballot Access in Texas (Press Release)

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…