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How Voter ID Laws Suppress Transgender Voters (Blog)

With anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation sharply on the rise, it’s no surprise that barriers to voting have also increased for transgender people.With this in mind, the League opposes strict voter ID laws, as…

Women of the Civil Rights Movement (Blog)

While the contributions of men in the Civil Rights Movement have been widely documented, women’s contributions are often overlooked. Figures like Fannie Lou Hamer, Ella Baker, Diane Nash, and Gloria…

LWV Greeley-Weld County v. Weld County Board of Commissioners (Legal Case)

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

Fair Maps Texas Action Committee v. Abbott (consolidated as LULAC v. Abbott) (Legal Case)

Lawsuit challenging Texas’s new legislative and congressional districts as a violation of the Constitution and the Voting Rights Act of 1965

How DEI Impacts Us — And Democracy (Blog)

With attacks from the recent administration, DEI has been a hot topic recently. In a recent blog, I broke down what DEI really is — and isn’t. In this piece, I’ll describe just a few of the ways DEI…

LWVUS Urged the Preservation of Public Access to Federal Data (Legal Document)

LWVUS joined hundreds of organizations to express our concern and strong opposition to the recent incidents in which public data have been selectively removed from federal websites.

Why We Will Remain the League of WOMEN Voters (Blog)

Over a century after our founding — and the passage of the 19th amendment that granted many women the right to vote — some people question why the League of Women Voters keeps the word ‘women’ in our…

LWVUS Joined Comments in Support of ACS (Legal Document)

LWVUS joined comments in support of OMB approving an extension of the American Community Survey (ACS) and Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS) programs.

League of Women Voters Remembers Jimmy Carter (Press Release)

WASHINGTON — The League of Women Voters issued the following statement on the passing of former President Jimmy Carter.

President Biden: Why Are Women Waiting for Equality? (Blog)

It’s 2024. 101 years have passed since the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was proposed, and women’s equal rights are still not enshrined in the US Constitution.