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Celebrating International Human Rights Day (Blog)

Human Rights Day celebrates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Everyone is entitled to inalienable rights regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national or social origin, or other status.

League of Women Voters Praises U.S. House Passage of the Voting Rights Advancement Act (Press Release)

 The Voting Rights Advancement Act, H.R. 4, restores protections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that were stripped by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2013.

League Urges Congress to Vote Yes for H.R. 4, Voting Rights Advancement Act (Article)

The League joined the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights on a letter sent to the U.S. House of Representatives in favor of final passage of H.R. 4, the Voting Rights Advancement Act.

AP: New Hampshire voting law on trial, just weeks before primary (News Clips)

LWV of New Hampshire is challenging a state law that imposes burdensome requirements on voter registration.

Spring 2020 Evaluation and Outcomes Intern (Article)
League Joins Amicus in June Medical Services, LLC v. Gee (Legal Document)

The League joined the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and a dozen other prominent civil rights organizations on an amicus brief in June Medical Services, LLC v. Gee which is pending in the United States Supreme Court. 

100 Years in the Making: One Step Closer to the ERA (Blog)

This past Wednesday, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee ruled 21-11 to remove the ERA's ratification deadline and now the resolution moves to the House floor for a vote.

To Avoid Voter Confidence Erosion, Ensure Election Security (Blog)

LWVCT's Carol Reimers joined CT SOS Denise Merrill,  Rep. Jim Himes, & UConn Center for Voting Tech.'s Alex Russell to raise awareness on election security. 

LWV to Ring in 2020 in the Rose Parade® (Press Release)
SCOTUS Hearing on the Rescission of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) (Blog)

On November 12, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a trio of cases suing the administration over its decision to end DACA.