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Democracy Is On The Ballot This Year, National Voter Registration Day 2022 Is More Critical Than Ever (Press Release)

This year, civic organizations around the country recognize September 20th as National Voter Registration Day, registering hundreds of thousands of voters in a single day. This year, Leagues will host over 600 registration events and virtual activities in communities nationwide.

LWVUS Sends Memo to US House to Support the Expanding the VOTE Act (Legal Document)

LWVUS Federal Lobby Corps urged the US House of Representatives to support and cosponsor HR8770, the Expanding the Voluntary Opportunities for Translations in Elections (VOTE) Act, to benefit our democracy by supporting equal access to the ballot. 

KPBS Midday Edition special: Democracy Day (News Clips)

This podcast originally aired on KPBS.

The nonpartisan League of Women Voters of San Diego talks about why democracy is not a partisan issue.

Voting rights groups react to ruling against Delaware's vote-by-mail law (News Clips)

This story was originally published by Delaware Public Media.

The court ruling Delaware’s vote-by-mail law unconstitutional halts its use this November, but some voting rights advocates hope there’s time to appeal before the general election.

Young Kansas voters embrace political power in fight to preserve democracy (News Clips)

This story was originally published in the Kansas Reflector.

Record turnout for abortion vote in Aug. 2 primary counters concerns about attempts to undermine election integrity

The power of us: Black women deciding elections (News Clips)

This article was originally published by Defender.

Black women have played pivotal roles in voter mobilization and voter turnout for years. More than two-thirds of Black women turned out to vote in the 2020 presidential election—the third highest rate of any race-gender group. Now, with another election just weeks away, Black women are urged to approach this non-presidential election with the same vigor of 2020.

B-PEP unveils several campaigns ahead of 'the most important midterm election of our lifetime' (News Clips)

This story was originally published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

The Black Political Empowerment Project partnered with the League of Women Voters of Greater Pittsburgh for a campaign educating currently or formerly incarcerated individuals of their voting rights.

League of Women Voters wraps up week-long effort to register HISD students to vote (News Clips)

This story was originally published by KHOU.

The League of Women Voters of Houston, TX, went to the halls of HISD high schools this week to register students to vote.

League of Women Voters, Missouri NAACP Sue Over Law Criminalizing Voter Engagement Efforts (Press Release)

Jefferson City, Mo. -- Two nonpartisan civic engagement organizations sued the state of Missouri and Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft in Cole County Circuit Court to block provisions of one of the nation’s most extreme laws restricting voter registration activity and distribution of absentee ballot applications. The law violates the right to core political speech by severely curtailing the ability to engage with voters. 

 

LWVUS supports Youth Voting Rights Act (Legal Document)

The League sent a letter to the US Senate urging them to pass the Youth Voting Rights Act as a measure to support eligible young voters’ access to the ballot.