Mason-Hobbs v. Texas (Legal Case) 3/29/2024 Crystal Mason is a Black Texas resident who was unaware she was ineligible to vote while on supervised release and was sentenced to five years in prison for voting in the 2016 election.
One Person, One Vote: How Does the Electoral College Work? (Blog) 2/15/2024 When you vote for the President of the United States, you are not voting directly for a candidate. Instead, your vote — and the votes of everyone else in your state — directs the votes of the people…
Voting Is Bewildering This Primary Season. That Worries Experts (News Clips) 1/29/2024 This story was originally published in The New York Times. “It’s all very confusing for us, even as people who are elections people,” said Virginia Kase Solomón, the chief executive of the League of…
LWVUS Urges Congress to Support DC Statehood (Legal Document) 3/31/2023 DC statehood is critical to our democracy, and support for DC statehood means allowing the people of DC to be fully represented and have their voices heard.
LWVUS Submits Comments to HHS on Healthy People 2030 Objectives (Legal Document) 12/2/2022 LWVUS submitted public comments to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the proposed Healthy People 2030 objectives. The League articulated why the objective to increase the…
Voting Rights Act is hanging by a thread; FL ruling may allow Supreme Court to cut it (News Clips) 4/13/2022 In an exceedingly rare federal ruling striking down restrictions on voting that the GOP-dominated Florida Legislature approved last year, the state has effectively been placed on probation.
LWVNC Asks to Intervene in North Carolina Voter Purge Case (Press Release) 11/15/2021 The League of Women Voters of North Carolina (LWVNC), along with partners, asked to intervene in a lawsuit designed to purge eligible voters from the voter rolls in 40 North Carolina counties.
Federal Court Blocks “Proof of Citizenship” Voting Requirement (Press Release) 9/23/2021 A federal court ruled that a former US Election Assistance Commission official violated federal law in 2016 when he allowed three states – Alabama, Georgia, and Kansas – to require documentary proof…
Brnovich v. DNC and the Threat of Discriminatory Voting Laws (Blog) 5/11/2021 With hundreds of restrictive voting proposals being introduced following the 2020 election, Brnovich could determine how we treat discriminatory laws in our judicial system.
The Electoral College: What is it good for? (Blog) 12/11/2020 The Electoral College is often not a well-understood entity. I want to highlight some of the history and shortcomings of this process and offer some possible solutions to replacing this flawed system…