Expanding Voter Access

Congress could make history with HR1, a comprehensive package of democracy reforms. We have been working to ensure that it strengthens voting rights.

This past Election day, Michigan voters approved Proposals 2 and 3, creating an independent redistricting commission and expanding access to the polls.

On Monday, a Judge in New Hampshire issued an injunction stopping the state from advancing a controversial election law requiring extra documentation in order to register to vote.

On the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria, the League stands united with our Puerto Rican neighbors and ready to support new voters throughout the midterms this season.

Washington is the only state that allows all voters to return a ballot via email attachment.

The League of Women Voters of Michigan worked in coalition to get a measure expanding voting access on the November 2018 ballot.

Today, in a 7-2 decision that challenged political apparel at polling places, the Supreme Court ruled in Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky that parts of the state’s law are too subjective, making its enforcement unreasonable.

"It is safe to say that we have never registered this many people, so early in the year, during a non-presidential election year."

For the first time in more than half a century, the decennial census will ask respondents to indicate whether they’re a U.S. citizen or not.