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Voting Rights Groups File Litigation to Protect Voting Rights of Mississippians with Disabilities (Press Release)

5/31/2023

Today the League of Women Voters of Mississippi, Disability Rights Mississippi, and three Mississippi voters filed a federal lawsuit challenging SB 2358, newly passed legislation that significantly…

League of Women Voters of Florida Sues State For Restricting and Penalizing Voter Engagement Efforts (Press Release)

5/24/2023

Tallahassee, FL — Today, the League of Women Voters of Florida, represented by Campaign Legal Center (CLC), sued Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and Secretary of State Cord Byrd to block…

Lawsuit to Protect Voters in Arizona from Intimidation at Drop Boxes is Settled (Press Release)

5/21/2023

In October 2022, the League of Women Voters of Arizona (LWVAZ) brought a lawsuit to protect voters from intimidation at ballot drop boxes in Arizona. A federal court found that defendants Melody…

League of Women Voters Marks 30th Anniversary of NVRA (Press Release)

5/20/2023

While we’ve made advancements in expanding voter access, some 30 years later, the fight for voting rights is far from over.

Voting Rights Advocates Prevail in Pennsylvania Voter Purge Lawsuit (Press Release)

5/11/2023

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Today voting rights advocates agreed to dismiss a lawsuit that pitted them against conservative activist group Judicial Watch, in a lawsuit Judicial Watch originally filed in 2020…

League of Women Voters of North Carolina Responds to State Supreme Court Redistricting Decision (Press Release)

4/28/2023

RALEIGH — The League of Women Voters of North Carolina President Jo Nicholas released the following statement after the North Carolina Supreme Court took unprecedented action and reversed its prior…

Voting and Civil Rights Organizations File Suit Over Florida’s Flawed Voter Registration Form (Press Release)

4/26/2023

LWV of Florida and the Florida State Conference of the NAACP filed suit in federal court against Florida’s Secretary of State, charging that the state’s voter registration application violates the…

LWV Reaches More than 27M Voters During 2022 Midterms (Press Release)

3/16/2023

WASHINGTON — The League of Women Voters of the United States reached more than 27 million voters in the 2022 midterm election cycle last fall, resulting in the organization’s largest voter engagement…

League of Women Voters Responds to Senate Vote on DC Criminal Code (Press Release)

3/8/2023

WASHINGTON — Today the League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement after the Senate voted 81-14 to block D.C.'s criminal code overhaul:

League of Women Voters Responds to President Biden’s State of the Union Address (Press Release)

2/8/2023

WASHINGTON—Today the League of Women Voters of the United States’ board president Dr. Deborah Turner issued the following statement in response to President Biden’s State of the Union address: