The Grio: Hundreds Arrested Outside White House During Second Day of Voting Rights Protests (News Clips) 11/17/2021 Over 200 activists were arrested outside of the White House advocating for President Biden to act on voting rights.
MSNBC: Activists Keen to Keep Voting Rights Bill in Spotlight of Biden's Attention (News Clips) 10/6/2021 Virginia Kase Solomón, CEO of the League of Women Voters, talks about why voting rights advocates are putting pressure on President Biden to help move voting rights legislation through Congress.
NPR: In the wake of 2020, Election Officials are Beleaguered (News Clips) 11/4/2021 League of Women Voters CEO, Virginia Kase Solomón speaks about how election administrators are being targeted across the country.
CNN: New Hampshire Supreme Court strikes down 2017 law requiring proof of residence to vote (News Clips) 7/2/2021 The New Hampshire Supreme Court on Friday voted in a 4-0 decision that a 2017 state law requiring proof of residence to vote is unconstitutional, saying that it "imposes unreasonable burdens on the…
Democracy Docket: Less Time for Map Drawing Requires National Standards (News Clips) 5/12/2021 An op-ed by Virginia Kase discuss the 2021 redistricting cycle.
AP: Federal lawsuit seeks to stop Wisconsin voter purge (News Clips) 12/17/2019 The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin filed a federal lawsuit to stop the unjust purge of over 200,000 Wisconsin voters.
AP: New Hampshire voting law on trial, just weeks before primary (News Clips) 12/3/2019 LWV of New Hampshire is challenging a state law that imposes burdensome requirements on voter registration.
AP: Backers offer amendments to Nevada redistricting measure (News Clips) 12/22/2019 LWV of Nevada defends its fair maps ballot initiative from a legal challenge.
Washington Post: Georgia purged 309,000 voters from its rolls. It’s the second state to make cuts in less than a week. (News Clips) 12/17/2019 LWV of Georgia filed a federal lawsuit to stop an unjust voter purge from taking effect.
LA Times: Supreme Court’s approval of partisan gerrymandering raises 2020 election stakes (News Clips) 6/27/2019 The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld highly partisan state election maps that permit one party to win most seats, even when most voters cast ballots for the other side.