CNN: Texas Secretary of State Office Sets Limits On Voter Registration Forms Due to Supply Chain Issues (News Clips) 1/18/2022 Texas elections officials blame the supply chain for the shortage of voter registration forms.
League Applauds House Passage of New Voting Rights Bill (Press Release) 1/13/2022 The US Senate must follow suit and pass the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act.
LWV Supports Procedural Maneuver to Bring Voting Rights Bills to Senate Floor (Press Release) 1/12/2022 Today, League of Women Voters CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement in reaction to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s strategy for bringing the Freedom to Vote Act and the John…
League of Women Voters Anticipates White House Voting Rights Speech in Atlanta (Press Release) 1/11/2022 LWVUS CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement ahead of President Biden and Vice President Harris's voting rights speech at the Atlanta University Center Consortium.
League of Women Voters Thanks President Biden for Directing Senate to End Filibuster (Press Release) 1/11/2022 LWV CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement in response to President Biden and Vice President Harris’s speech at the Atlanta University Center Consortium. Virginia was honored to…
3 Takeaways from the Biden Administration's Speech on Voting Rights (Blog) 1/11/2022 Today, President Biden and Vice President Harris responded to a year of advocacy, including thousands of letters to members of Congress, hundreds of activist arrests, and countless calls to deliver…
League of Women Voters of Wisconsin Files Lawsuit to Reactivate 31,854 Voters (Press Release) 12/22/2021 LWV of Wisconsin filed suit in federal court to reinstate more than 31,000 registered Wisconsin voters who were purged from the voter rolls in July 2021.
LWV's Achievements in 2021 (Blog) 12/17/2021 As the late, great civil rights activist Bob Moses, who passed this last April, said, “Do what you think actually needs to be done, set an example, and hope your actions will click with someone else…
Voting Rights Groups Announce Major Drive to Push Thousands to Call the White House to Pass Federal Voting Rights Legislation (Press Release) 12/16/2021 Today, voting rights groups announced a major expanded effort to drive thousands of calls daily to the White House to urge President Biden to lead on voting rights by urging the Senate to fix or nix…
The League Tells the White House: No More Excuses, Voting Rights NOW! (Blog) 12/14/2021 Right now, our country can advance and protect our right to vote by passing the Freedom to Vote Act, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, and DC Statehood. While these bills ensure a…