Voting Rights Act (VRA)

In 2014, we hope to build upon our recent victories protecting the right to vote and focus on proactive election reforms, while also continuing to battle back against attacks on voting rights at the local, state and national levels.

It's possible that when we look back at 2013, we'll see it as a watershed year - the year America realized we need to expand access to the polls, not create new barriers to voting.

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.

From organizing protests and petition drives to filing lawsuits and writing legislative testimony, a look at how the League of Women Voters has helped protect voting rights in 2013.

On Monday, the Department of Justice filed suit against North Carolina’s new voter suppression law. North Carolina's law is just one of many attacks on voting rights taking place right now.

Washington, D.C.  – The League of Women Voters is pleased that the U.S.

A rundown on powerful calls to protect voting rights from speakers celebrating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.

This past weekend I joined with members of the League and thousands of other activists in Washington, DC to mark the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.

Women leaders in the Civil Rights Movement and 1963 March on Washington explain how women have been given little credit for their work in the movement.

The organizers could not have ordered better weather. The skies were clear, the sun was bright and, for late August in Washington, D.C., the temperature was mild.