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Voter Suppression in North Carolina: What’s happening and what it means for...
Tags:voter photo id, North Carolina, LWVNC, League of Women Voters North Carolina, voter suppression, ex-felons, felons, early voting, same-day registration, Sunday voting, tax credits, NVRA, VRA,...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Politicians Target College Students’ Right to Vote
Tags:voter suppression, early voting, North Carolina, VRA, #protectvra, young voters, student votingNorth Carolina Politicians Target College Students’ Right to VoteLeague of Women Voters Calls on...
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#GivingTuesday Snapshot: The League’s Work to Protect Voting Rights
Tags:voter id, voter protection, early voting, Sunday voting, voter photo id, NVRA, Voting Rights Act, VRA, national voter registration act, #GivingTuesday From organizing protests and petition drives...
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NC Governor: Slashing Early Voting “Compacts the Calendar;" We Call It Voter...
Tags:voter id, voter protection, early voting, Sunday voting, voter photo id, Voting Rights Act, VRANorth Carolina Gov. McCrory alleged that slashing early voting was just a way of “compacting the...
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League Fights to Protect Voting Rights in Ohio
Tags:Voting Rights Act, voter protection, early voting, voter suppression, elections, VRA, absentee votingFollowing similar voter suppression efforts in North Carolina, Wisconsin and elsewhere across...
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On the League's 94th Anniversary, Continuing to Protect the Vote
Tags:League history, Huffington post, VRA, Carrie Chapman Catt, voter suppression, Voting Rights Amendent ActNinety-four years after the League was founded, we continue to fight to ensure that the...
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One Year After Shelby Decision, The Fight Continues to Protect Equal Access...
Tags:Huffington post, VRA, voter suppression, Voting Rights Amendment Act, Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder, Voter Discrimination #VRA4TodayAccess to the vote is not about politics; it's about justice...
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UPDATE: Voting Rights Moving Forward!
Tags:VRA, voter suppression, Voting Rights Amendment Act, Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder, Voter Discrimination #VRA4TodayToday, on the one year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision that gutted...
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Celebrating 166 Years Since Seneca Falls
Tags:seneca falls convention, elizabeth cady stanton, women's rights, suffrage, women's suffrage, 19th amendment, VRA, voter suppression, Voting Rights Amendment Act, Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder,...
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Why We Must Revitalize the Voting Rights Act Upon Its 49th Anniversary
Tags:VRA, voter suppression, Voting Rights Amendment Act, Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder, Voter Discrimination #VRA4Today, Voting Rights ActVoter discrimination cannot be tolerated in the 21st...
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TAKE ACTION: Urge Your Representative to Protect Voting Rights!
Tags:VRA, voter suppression, Voting Rights Amendment Act, Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder, Voter Discrimination #VRA4Today, Voting Rights ActAccess to the vote is not about politics; it’s about...
View ArticleVoting Rights Act Marks Fiftieth Anniversary
Tags:Voting Rights Act of 1965, VRA, voter suppression, U.S. Supreme Court, Shelby County v. Holder, NVRD, National Voter Registration Day“The Voting Rights Act (VRA) is one of the most significant...
View ArticleLeague Registers Voters at More Than 260 Community Events
Tags:NVRD, #celebrateNVRD, voter reigstration drives, voting rights, VRA, VRAA, elections, VOTE411"League teams are finding new voters at bike races, gyms and new citizen ceremonies on this National...
View ArticleHundreds of League of Women Voters Activists Storm Capitol Hill for Voting...
Tags:VRA, #RestoreTheVRA, #LWV2016, Shelby v. Holder, Voting Rights Act, Voting Rights Advancement Act“Our members are fanning out across the Capitol to tell their elected representatives that it is...
View ArticleLeague Initiates Making Democracy Work® Campaign for 2016 Elections
Tags:VRA, Voting Rights Act, election reform, voter id, money in politicsLeague set agenda for the next biennium and elected unanimously Chris Carson of Burbank, California as the organization's 19th...
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