League of Women Voters expands free rides to the polls program (News Clips) 2/13/2023 This story was originally published by Door County Daily News. The League of Women Voters of Door County wants to make sure you can vote in this spring’s elections.
Local View: Popular vote for president 'essential to representative government' (News Clips) 4/29/2023 This op-ed was originally published by Duluth News Tribune. The League of Women Voters of Duluth, MN, wrote about the need for a national popular vote.
Supreme Court Strikes Down Alabama's Congressional Maps (News Clips) 6/9/2023 This story was originally published by Public News Service. Kathy Jones, president of the League of Women Voters of Alabama, praised the ruling as a "momentous day" for voters and voting-rights…
League of Women Voters: Gerrymandering is harming environmental protection in Wisconsin (News Clips) 10/23/2023 This story was originally published in WUWM 89.7. Debra Cronmiller is executive director of the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin. She testified that a gerrymandered legislature is failing to do…
See which states are expanding — or restricting — voting rights (News Clips) 10/27/2023 This story was originally published by the Center for Public Integrity. While restoration of the federal Voting Rights Act languishes in a split Congress, an already deep divide in Americans’ access…
Civil rights groups sues Tennessee over the state's GOP-drawn congressional and state Senate maps, calling the boundaries 'unconstitutional racial gerrymandering' (News Clips) 8/13/2023 This article was originally published in Business Insider. A group of civil rights and voting rights organizations last Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee and…
Pennsylvania Voting Rights Groups Are Working To Expand Ballot Access Through Education And Advocacy (News Clips) 9/15/2023 This story was originally published by the Bucks County Beacon. Amid ongoing attacks on democracy and the state’s electoral process, organizations like Common Cause and the League of Women Voters…
Deadline to approve new congressional maps loom over Georgia lawmakers (News Clips) 12/4/2023 This story was originally published by FOX 5 Atlanta. "We are concerned by the large number of voters whose US Representatives and potentially polling locations will change in such a quick timeframe…
Collecting signatures to end gerrymandering (News Clips) 3/2/2024 This opinion was originally published by The Miami Student. Jenny Fisher, co-president of LWV Oxford, OH, discusses the Citizens Not Politicans petition in Ohio and fighting gerrymandering in the…