Vulnerability in our Elections Continues to be a Concern (Blog) 4/10/2018 The confirmation of foreign influence in the 2016 Presidential Election has left advocates of fair and equal voting furious and concerned over the vulnerability in our elections.
President Trump Makes False Claims of Voter Fraud (Press Release) 4/5/2018 False Claims of Voter Fraud Undermines the Public Trust in our Election System.
Bustle: March For Our Lives' Gun Control Agenda Is Clear. Now It Needs To Turn Protesters Into Voters. (News Clips) 4/4/2018 "It is safe to say that we have never registered this many people, so early in the year, during a non-presidential election year."
League Sends Letter to U.S. Senate on Need to Reduce Gun Violence (Article) 3/22/2018 The League sent a letter to the U.S. Senate outlining the policies needed to curb gun violence.
Comments to the United States Commission on Civil Rights (Legal Document) 3/19/2018 The League submitted comments to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights as part of its ongoing assessment of federal enforcement of the Voting Rights Act (VRA).
Democracy Now: Armed Secret Service Agents Should Not Be Allowed at Polling Sites (News Clips) 3/13/2018 A bipartisan group of secretaries of state is condemning a proposal to allow armed Secret Service agents at election polling stations.
League Comments on Proposed Repeal of EPA's Clean Power Plan (Legal Document) 1/10/2018 LWVUS submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency with regard to their plan to repeal the Clean Power Plan.
EPA Accepting Comments on Plan to Repeal the Clean Power Plan (Blog) 11/20/2017 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced it’s plan to move forward with the repeal of the Clean Power Plan, which would regulate the carbon pollution from existing power plants.
Boston Herald: Election activists push for auto registration (News Clips) 11/12/2017 The League supports automatic voter registration. In Massachusetts, League Executive Director Meryl Kessler calls it, “the next logical step in the modernization of the electoral process”.
League Joins Amicus Brief in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission (Legal Document) 11/9/2017 The League joined the National Women's Law Center and other organizations by signing an amicus brief in the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission.