Early Voting
Over the last week, we saw three big wins for voting rights at the state level. It is, we hope, a bellwether of things to come.
2 months into the 2015 State Legislative sessions, we have seen a groundswell of assaults on voters in many states. We have been working to fight these threats and advance voting opportunities.
These elections are about our jobs, our health, our communities, our security and our future. Are you ready to vote?
Election Day is just around the corner! Regardless of where you live, VOTE411.org has the information that you need to make your vote count this Election Day.
On Election Day - Tuesday, November 4 - voters across the country will head to the polls to cast their votes in thousands of local, state and federal elections. Now is the time to start thinking about how and when you’ll vote.
In a win for voters, a federal judge ruled to restore early voting hours that had been cut in Ohio. The move, which comes just in time for the November election, follows tireless work on behalf of the League of Women Voters of Ohio and its partners.
Earlier this month, a federal judge denied a preliminary injunction barring North Carolina’s new restrictive elections law.
In Ohio and elsewhere, state and local Leagues are responding to elections law changes of all kinds by providing voters with accurate, up-to-date voting resources and information.
In the last two weeks, four anti-voter provisions became law in Ohio. Read our guest blog from the League of Women Voters of Ohio on these election changes and how they're keeping voters informed.
North Carolina Gov. McCrory alleged that slashing early voting was just a way of “compacting the calendar,” but the League believes that cutting early voting is clear and simple voter suppression.