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Expanding Voter Access

Maine is about to open party primaries to hundreds of thousands more voters (News Clips)

AUGUSTA, Maine — More than 350,000 Maine voters could vote in primaries starting in a key 2024 election after lawmakers approved a bill to allow for semi-open primaries for presidential, congressional and legislative elections.

Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear arguments on ballot boxes (News Clips)

MADISON, Wis.  — Wisconsin’s Supreme Court was scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday in a case that will likely determine how extensively absentee ballot drop boxes can be used in the upcoming midterm election where the battleground state’s Democratic governor and Republican U.S. senator are on the ballot.

U.S. SENATE CONFIRMS JUDGE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON TO THE SUPREME COURT (Press Release)

WASHINGTON — Today the League of Women Voters of the United States Board President Dr. Deborah Turner and CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement after the Senate voted to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the next Supreme Court justice. 

ARIZONA SUPREME COURT DISMISSES CASE SEEKING TO ELIMINATE EARLY VOTING (Press Release)

PHOENIX — Today the Arizona Supreme Court dismissed a petition filed by the Arizona Republican Party that threatened to end all early voting. The case requested that the Court invalidate all early in-person and mail-in voting, which the state has had in some form for more than a century.  The Supreme Court declined to hear the case without a factual record. 

What COVID-19 Taught Us About Making Voting Accessible (Blog)

COVID-19 brought pain, loss, and loneliness, but in the case of our democracy, it also brought important lessons. We saw firsthand how we could make our democracy available to more voters, honoring the voices of low-income, BIPOC, disabled, and other Americans. We must build on this knowledge and not waste it or use it to restrict the voter further.

LWVTX submits testimony for the Record to Subcommittee on Elections (Legal Document)

The US House Administration committee’s subcommittee on Elections held a hearing on Thursday March 17 about Voting in America: “Ensuring Free and Fair Access to the Ballot in Texas.

League of Women Voters of Arizona Seeks to Safeguard Early Voting in State Supreme Court Lawsuit (Press Release)

PHOENIX – Today, the League of Women Voters of Arizona filed an amicus brief in the Arizona Supreme Court in the matter of Arizona Republican Party v. Hobbs – a case that threatens to end all early voting in the state – and request that the Court dismiss the petition.

League of Women Voters Responds to President Biden’s State of the Union Address (Press Release)

Today the League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement following President Biden’s State of the Union address:

League of Women Voters Applauds Historic Nomination of First Black Woman Jurist to Supreme Court (Press Release)

Today the League of Women Voters of the United States Board President Dr. Deborah Turner and CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement on President Biden’s announcement of his Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson. If confirmed, Jackson would be the first Black woman to hold a seat on the Court.

League Outlines Priorities for State of the Union (Legal Document)

The League sent a letter to the White House outlining the issues that we hope President Biden will touch on during the State of the Union.