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LWVUS joins DFAD Coalition Urging Senate to Pass Freedom to Vote Act  (Legal Document)

LWVUS joined members of the Declaration for American Democracy coalition on a letter to the US Senate urging them to pass the Freedom to Vote Act.  

Voting Rights Activists Arrested at White House (Press Release)
Activists from the League of Women Voters, People For the American Way, and Declaration for American Democracy demonstrate at White House for action on the freedom to vote.
Federal Court Blocks “Proof of Citizenship” Voting Requirement (Press Release)
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 of citizenship on the federal voter registration form.
League Urges Senate to Vote Yes on Freedom to Vote Act (Legal Document)
In a memo to the US Senate, LWV urged Senators to support passage of the Freedom to Vote Act.
League Supports New Senate Voting Rights Bill, the Freedom to Vote Act (Press Release)

The League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued this statement in response the US Senate’s introduction of the transformative voting rights bill, the Freedom to Vote Act.

Premiere: 2021 VOTE411 PSAs! (Blog)

No matter how much any one person knows about local and state elections or how involved they’ve been in the past, they can find the tools they need to elevate their voices at VOTE411.org.

Women Power Democracy: A Plan to Save America’s Elections (Blog)

The League was founded to empower women to fully participate in our democracy, and today, we continue that work alongside our allies who focus on empowering other marginalized communities.  

To that end, we’re investing more than $5 million this year alone into a new programmatic focus — Women Power Democracy — to support initiatives that will help us realize a stronger, more representative American democracy. 

CNN: New Hampshire Supreme Court strikes down 2017 law requiring proof of residence to vote (News Clips)

The New Hampshire Supreme Court on Friday voted in a 4-0 decision that a 2017 state law requiring proof of residence to vote is unconstitutional, saying that it "imposes unreasonable burdens on the right to vote."

Women Power Democracy (Article)

‘Women Power Democracy,’ the new programmatic focus of the League of Women Voters, will advance a stronger, more representative American democracy. 

Kansas Civic Groups File Motion for Temporary Injunction Against New Voter Education Restriction (Press Release)

The League of Women Voters of Kansas filed a motion for preliminary injunction, asking the Court to bar the state from enforcing its newly enacted “Voter Education Restriction.”