This week, in a major win for voting rights, election integrity, and democracy, the US Supreme Court has blocked the USPS from enforcing a new rule that would have significantly restricted mail voting and disenfranchised voters who rely on mail ballots.
Read MoreWe spoke out on youth voter registration, private school vouchers, federal immigration enforcement, and more.
Read MoreLWVIL condemned the deployment of National Guard troops to Illinois, launched a campaign for Fair Maps in 2030, supported new Illinois legislation to protect immigrant communities, and more.
Read MoreThere is a new attempt to require burdensome documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections. This is an all hands on deck moment—we need your help to stop it.
Read MoreWe spoke out on Illinois redistricting efforts, the threat of National Guard deployment to Chicago, proposed election reforms, and more.
Read MoreThe League of Women Voters is a sponsor of the upcoming NO KINGS 2 protests on October 18. We're rallying to support the Bill of Rights, oppose federal overreach, and reject cuts to essential services. Join us!
Read MoreEvery day, the freedom to vote is under attack. Since the 2013 Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder gutted the Voting Rights Act (VRA), at least 31 states have enacted 114 voting laws that make it harder to vote.
Read MoreLWVIL joined LWVUS to file an amicus brief supporting access to justice for voting rights organizations in the Supreme Court case Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections, and more!
Read MoreOver the last few months, the League spoke out against the SAVE Act and traveled to Springfield to advocate for bills in the state legislature.
Read MoreHow, when there is such close alignment in our beliefs and values about voting and elections—Democrats, Republicans and Independents alike—how could we end up with Congressional legislation as bad as the SAVE Act? And more importantly, how do we stop it?
Read MoreWe gave expert testimony at the Illinois House Ethics and Elections Committee’s hearing in Springfield to explain the potential implications that the federal SAVE Act could have on Illinois elections and ballot access.
Read MoreMany voters travel for work, don’t drive, can’t drive or walk to polling places, live overseas or simply know who they want to vote for and want to “get voting out of the way.” These circumstances know no party.
Read MoreAmericans do not need MORE obstacles to vote. The SAVE Act would create one more barrier to the voting process, as many eligible voters do not have easy access to the necessary documents. Tell your senators to oppose the SAVE Act.
Read MoreOver the last few months, the League spoke out on the SAVE Act as well as many bills moving through the Illinois state legislature.
Read MoreCheck out our interview with ABC7 Chicago to learn more about the League’s response to the Trump administration’s new executive order on voting and elections.
Read MoreOver the last few months, the League spoke out on the SAVE Act, immigration policy, education funding, and more.
Read MoreCongress is about to vote on a bill that requires all eligible voters to provide citizenship documentation to register to vote—but we already have robust processes to ensure that only eligible voters are casting ballots.
Read MoreAmericans do not need MORE obstacles to vote. The SAVE Act would create one more barrier to the voting process, as many eligible voters do not have easy access to the necessary documents. Tell your members of Congress to oppose the SAVE Act.
Read MoreIt can’t be said enough: Sharing misinformation and disinformation only amplifies it. The Chicago Sun-Times published an Op-Ed by LWVIL President Becky Simon about how we can combat election misinformation and disinformation.
Read MoreThis summer, the League spoke out on clean energy, tax filing, reproductive rights and more.
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