Senior Accountant (Article) 8/5/2020 The League of Women Voters of the United States (LWVUS) was established in 1920 as an outgrowth of the 72-year struggle to win voting rights for…
League Urges Senate to Vote Yes on Freedom to Vote Act (Legal Document) 9/23/2021 In a memo to the US Senate, LWV urged Senators to support passage of the Freedom to Vote Act.
League of Women Voters of Minnesota Moves to Join Redistricting Case as Co-plaintiffs (Press Release) 6/23/2021 LWV of Minnesota filed a motion to join as co-plaintiffs in Wattson v. Simon, asking the Minnesota Supreme Court to appoint a special redistricting panel to prepare for the state’s upcoming…
League Calls on Senate to Hold For the People Act Hearing (Legal Document) 4/23/2019 The League sent a memo to the U.S. Senate calling for a hearing on the For the People Act.
LWVUS Supports the Return of H.R. 1 in the 117th Congress (Press Release) 1/5/2021 The U.S. House of Representatives introduced H.R. 1, the For the People Act, a sweeping democracy reform bill that was first introduced in 2019.
League of Women Voters of Texas Statement on Mass Shooting in Uvalde (Press Release) 5/25/2022 Today, the League of Women Voters of Texas issued the following statement after a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas
Letter: North Dakota Legislative session increases election transparency (News Clips) 5/24/2023 This letter to the editor was originally published in The Bismarck Tribune. The League of Women Voters of North Dakota’s top priority this legislative session was protecting voting rights to ensure…
Voting rights advocates are organizing against new voter suppression bill (News Clips) 4/18/2023 This story was originally published by Alabama Political Reporter. “House Bill 209 will incite fear and confusion for vulnerable and underserved voters who have in the past obtained information and…
Opinion: The impact of local news on our democracy (News Clips) 8/22/2023 This opinion was originally published in the Kitsap Sun. The League of Women Voters of Washington wrote an opinion on the importance of local news in our democracy.
Felon voting registration events held following new law enactment (News Clips) 7/7/2023 This story originally aired on FOX9. It’s been more than a month since over 55,000 Minnesotans re-gained the right to vote, and efforts to remind them of that continue. "A lot of these events are…