USA TODAY:In-person or mail voting? Here is the best way to vote in 2020, according to experts and activists (News Clips) 10/22/2020 USA Today asked experts and voting rights advocates for the best way that voters should cast their ballots.
Truthout: 15 States Have Already Taken Steps to Make the Electoral College Obsolete (News Clips) 7/15/2019 Momentum is growing among state legislatures to award electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote. LWV National Popular Vote Taskforce Chair Toni Zimmer contributes.
6 Women You Didn’t Know Were LWV Members (Blog) 3/1/2019 This Women's History Month, we're highlighting some of our most prominent members. These women made great strides toward a more perfect democracy and inspire us to work toward the same goal.
Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy (Blog) 1/15/2017 “Voting is the foundation stone for political action.”- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Voters Won Today: League of Women Voters Prevails in Major Federal Voting Rights Case (Press Release) 7/29/2016 "Politicians have no business standing in the way of our right to vote."
League Initiates Making Democracy Work® Campaign for 2016 Elections (Press Release) 6/23/2016 League set agenda for the next biennium and elected unanimously Chris Carson of Burbank, California as the organization's 19th national president.
From Seneca Falls to Winston-Salem, the Fight for Voting Rights Continues (Blog) 7/16/2015 We honor those who gathered at the Seneca Falls Convention to end barriers denying women equality and the right to vote. League members continue their work by Making Democracy Work®.
Two Years Later-- Tell Congress to Restore the Voting Rights Act (Blog) 6/25/2015 50 years ago, President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act. Two years ago, the Supreme Court overturned a key part, leading to an attack on voting rights. Tell Congress to restore the VRA!
Marking the 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act at the US Mission to the United Nations (Blog) 2/27/2015 This week, the Mission of the United States to the United Nations commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Why We Must Revitalize the Voting Rights Act Upon Its 49th Anniversary (Blog) 8/1/2014 Voter discrimination cannot be tolerated in the 21st century. That's why we're pushing Congress to pass the Voting Rights Amendment Act, a flexible, modern answer to the problem of…