Staff Attorney, Special Projects (Article) 1/25/2024 The staff attorney, special projects, will be a critical member of the LWVUS Litigation team, reporting to the director of legal and research. The staff attorney, special projects will serve a vital…
Finn v. Cobb County Board of Elections & Registration (Legal Case) 1/25/2024 A lawsuit challenging the newly drawn district map for the Cobb County Board of Education as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute v. Byrd (formerly Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute v. Lee) (Legal Case) 1/24/2024 The League of Women Voters of Florida sued the Florida legislature and Florida officials for violating the state constitution by enacting district maps that were racial and partisan gerrymanders
League of Women Voters in Flint aims to encourage voter education and participation (News Clips) 1/24/2024 This story was originally published by FlintSide. The unbiased nonpartisan group, the League of Women Voters of the Flint Area was formed to help defend democracy and provide education and resources…
Grassroots civic groups make national politics local (News Clips) 1/24/2024 This article was originally published by The Daily Northwestern. The Evanston chapter of the League of Women Voters, a group dedicated to voter education and advocacy, spearheaded the Voter…
Zombie-themed escape room hopes to help state voters (News Clips) 1/24/2024 This story originally aired on KX News. For more than a century, the Fargo-based League of Women Voters has worked to empower voters and defend democracy across the state. This year, they intend to…
LWV Greeley-Weld County v. Weld County Board of Commissioners (Legal Case) 1/24/2024 LWV of Greeley-Weld County and the Latino Coalition of Weld County filed a state court lawsuit asserting the Weld County Commission violated state law when redrawing its districts
League joins call for disclosure of presidential campaign bundlers (Legal Document) 1/22/2024 LWVUS joined a coalition of groups calling calls on presidential candidates to reveal their campaign “bundlers.” This letter follows up on a similar letter sent by this cross-partisan coalition in…
GA State Conference of the NAACP v. Raffensperger (consolidated as In re: Georgia Senate Bill 202) (Legal Case) 1/22/2024 LWV Georgia and partners filed a federal lawsuit challenging SB202, which restricted early voting and ballot drop boxes and criminalized giving water and food to voters waiting in line to vote
Our Chicago: Preparing for 2024 Illinois primary election (News Clips) 1/21/2024 This story originally aired on ABC 7. Nearly 104 years ago, the League of Women Voters was founded in Chicago. It was February 1920, nearly six months before the 19th Amendment was ratified,…