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Texas Voter Data Protected for Now (Press Release) 10/5/2017 Texas Advocacy Groups to Texas Officials: Handing Over Voter Information Violates State Law
LWV Statement on Charlottesville (Press Release) 8/13/2017 League of Women Voters Condemns White Supremacists in Charlottesville
League Urges U.S. Senators to Cosponsor We the People Act (Legal Document) 10/24/2017 The Act provides an important roadmap for solving the vital issues facing our political system and serves as a vehicle to help renew Americans’ faith that the problems facing our democracy can be…
LWV Statement on Ohio's Voter Purge Case (Press Release) 8/8/2017 Justice Department Flip Flops on Voting Rights in Ohio Purge Case By changing their position in the 2016 Ohio voter purge, the Justice Department is playing politics with our democracy and…
LWV Statement on Election ‘Integrity’ Commission Fishing for Fraud (Press Release) 7/6/2017 Washington, DC – League of Women Voters president Chris Carson
LWV Statement on Kobach Request for Voter Records (Press Release) 6/30/2017 League Opposes Kobach Request for Voter Records
League Statement on the Supreme Court Agreeing to Hear Gerrymandering Case (Press Release) 6/19/2017 LWV Optimistic As Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Extreme Gerrymandering Case
LWV Supports the “Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2017” (Press Release) 6/14/2017 Legislation Will Improve Voter Registration Accuracy and Enhance Access at the Ballot Box
League Celebrates Supreme Court Ruling in North Carolina Redistricting Case (Press Release) 5/22/2017 Supreme Court Finds North Carolina Redistricting Unconstitutional on Racial GerrymanderingLWV Celebrates Major Win for Voters