Only 11 Black Senators in U.S. History (Blog) 2/3/2021 Senator Warnock's historic win in Georgia highlights how voter suppression disproportionately impacts voters of color.
THE 19TH: State legislatures in 2021: What to expect on trans rights, abortion rights, voting rights and more (News Clips) 1/27/2021 Celina Stewart spoke with The 19th about voting rights bills and priorities in statehouses across the country.
LWV Statement on the Articles of Impeachment Sent to the U.S. Senate (Press Release) 1/25/2021 The Senate must serve as impartial jurors not tied to party lines, and convict him, ensuring that Donald Trump is banned from running for federal office again.
League of Women Voters Joins Voting Rights Supreme Court Case (Press Release) 1/21/2021 Brnovich v. DNC is a case before the Supreme Court addressing the collection of ballots by third parties and the counting of provisional ballots cast outside of a voter’s designated precinct.…
Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Give Us the Ballot! (Blog) 1/18/2021 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom, with a transformative vision for the American South. Dr. King implored both the…
People Powered Fair Maps (Article) 1/13/2021 People Powered Fair MapsTM is a national redistricting program of the League of Women Voters focused on creating fair political maps nationwide. The program includes actions in all 50…
League of Women Voters of the United States Calls for Immediate Removal of President Donald Trump (Press Release) 1/8/2021 Donald Trump must be immediately removed as President of the United States of America and banned from running for federal office ever again.
League Condemns Domestic Terrorist Attack on the U.S. Capitol (Press Release) 1/6/2021 Today’s activity on Capitol Hill should have been a procedural exercise to finalize the 2020 election. Instead, our nation's Capitol was attacked by domestic terrorists seeking to invalidate the will…
Yazzie v. Hobbs (Legal Case) 1/6/2021 Members of the Navajo Nation of Arizona filed a federal lawsuit to count mail-in ballots cast by Navajo reservation voters that were rejected for not meeting the statutory ballot return deadline
LWVUS Statement on the Certification of the Presidential Election (Press Release) 1/4/2021 Any objection to this process is simply political theater which directly mocks and defies our Constitution.
