Mi Familia Vota v. Hobbs (Legal Case) 10/13/2020 LWV of Arizona filed an amicus brief supporting plaintiffs' request for an extension of Arizona's registration deadline by three weeks due to challenges caused by COVID-19.
LWVUS Testifies at DISCLOSE Act Hearing (Legal Document) 7/19/2022 The Senate Rules and Administration Committee held a hearing on the DISCLOSE Act and invited the League to testify
LWVUS supports Youth Voting Rights Act (Legal Document) 7/26/2022 The League sent a letter to the US Senate urging them to pass the Youth Voting Rights Act as a measure to support eligible young voters’ access to the ballot.
Letter: Rejecting Ranked Choice bad for Richmond (News Clips) 9/22/2022 This letter to the editor was originally published by the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The Richmond City Council recently made the short-sighted decision to reject a proposal to adopt Ranked Choice…
Common Cause, League of Women Voters, PIRG, ACLU Applaud Ruling Upholding Timely Election Results from Maryland State Board of Elections (Press Release) 9/22/2022 Today, Montgomery County Judge Bonifant ruled in favor of a petition put forward by the Maryland State Board of Elections to enable pre-processing of mail-in ballots for the November general…
Americans For Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta (Legal Case) 7/1/2021 The League of Women Voters of California filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold California’s law requiring non-profits to disclose donors on their tax returns.
The Real Story: Early voting on the ballot in November (News Clips) 9/11/2022 This news segment was originally aired on FOX 61. League of Women Voters of Connecticut president Laura Smits discusses the benefits of early voting and potential changes to Connecticut's voting…
Voting rights groups react to ruling against Delaware's vote-by-mail law (News Clips) 9/15/2022 This story was originally published by Delaware Public Media. The court ruling Delaware’s vote-by-mail law unconstitutional halts its use this November, but some voting rights advocates hope there’s…
League of Women Voters Welcomes Bipartisan Action on the Presidential Electoral Reform Act (Press Release) 9/21/2022 WASHINGTON — Today the League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement in response to the passage of the US House bipartisan bill on the…
Advocates highlight voting access improvements on National Voter Registration Day (News Clips) 9/20/2022 This story originally aired on Spectrum News. On National Voter Registration Day, a nationwide effort to get eligible voters registered to vote, Erica Smitka, deputy director of the League of Women…