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Staff Attorney, Special Projects (Article)

The staff attorney, special projects, will be a critical member of the LWVUS Litigation team, reporting to the director of legal and research. The staff attorney, special projects will serve a vital role moving forward the League's moonshot goal of abolishing the electoral college. They will also support state and local Leagues in litigation and legal matters relating to the League's core and emerging issues.

League of Women Voters in Flint aims to encourage voter education and participation (News Clips)

This story was originally published by FlintSide.

The unbiased nonpartisan group, the League of Women Voters of the Flint Area was formed to help defend democracy and provide education and resources to help residents during elections. The national organization, League of Women Voters, founded in 1920, is a grassroots network and membership organization with over 750 leagues nationwide, including the local Flint chapter.

Zombie-themed escape room hopes to help state voters (News Clips)

This story originally aired on KX News.

For more than a century, the Fargo-based League of Women Voters has worked to empower voters and defend democracy across the state. This year, they intend to do with a bizarre option — an online zombie-themed escape room.

Grassroots civic groups make national politics local (News Clips)

This article was originally published by The Daily Northwestern.

The Evanston chapter of the League of Women Voters, a group dedicated to voter education and advocacy, spearheaded the Voter Participation Action Coalition, made up of Evanston organizations dedicated to mobilizing local voters. 

League joins call for disclosure of presidential campaign bundlers (Legal Document)

LWVUS joined a coalition of groups calling calls on presidential candidates to reveal their campaign “bundlers.” This letter follows up on a similar letter sent by this cross-partisan coalition in October. The letter was sent to all Democratic and Republican candidates as well as Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. 

Our Chicago: Preparing for 2024 Illinois primary election (News Clips)

This story originally aired on ABC 7.

Nearly 104 years ago, the League of Women Voters was founded in Chicago.

It was February 1920, nearly six months before the 19th Amendment was ratified, guaranteeing women the right to vote.

Decades later, the league is active in all fifty states, working to protect and expand voting rights.

And people here in Illinois will have the chance to exercise that right, with the primary election coming up on March 19.

LWVUS Submits Comments on First Phase of Environmental Justice Scorecard (Legal Document)

The League submitted comments to the Council on Environmental Quality in response to its request for information on Phase One of the Environmental Justice Scorecard, an executive order-directed assessment of what the federal government is doing to advance environmental justice. The League advised on ways to improve the scorecard's assessments and accessibility to facilitate the public's ability to monitor federal progress and hold the government accountable on advancing environmental justice for all.

Presidential Candidates Must Answer Voters' Questions (Blog)

Voters deserve to hear directly from the candidates campaigning to represent us at the highest level.

See which candidates have filled out our voter guides and demand the rest follow their example!

LWVUS urges No Labels to disclose its donors (Legal Document)

The League joined a coalition of nonpartisan campaign finance groups on a letter urging No Labels to reveal its donors as it prepares to back a third-party bid for the presidency.

LWVUS Joins Letter to House on Pregnant Students Bill (Legal Document)

The League joined a sign-on letter to the US House Education and Workforce Committee before its markup of the Pregnant Students' Rights Act. This bill would require institutions of higher education to distribute information about the rights of, and resources for, pregnant students, but emphasizes information for students to carry to term and does not include abortion rights and access. The sign-on letter raises concerns about the bill's anti-reproductive choices impact and offers suggested supports for pregnant and parenting college students.