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Federal Judge Orders Notice and Cure Process for Absentee Ballots in LWV North Carolina Case

8/6/2020

 
OVER 100,000 VOTERS WILL BE PROTECTED IN NOVEMBER WITH NEW PROCESS GREENSBORO—Late today, a federal judge ruled in the League of Women Voters of North Carolina’s case that the North Carolina State Board of Elections must provide a notice and cure process for absentee ballots marked for rejection. As the number of voters choosing to cast ballots by mail is expected to surge due to the threat of COVID-19, the decision provides relief for tens of thousands of voters whose ballots would otherwise be rejected without recourse. 
“The establishment of a notice and cure process for absentee ballots is a major victory for North Carolina voters,” said Jo Nicholas, president of the League of Women Voters of North Carolina. “Now, even amidst all the uncertainty that the pandemic brings, voters can have assurance that their safely cast ballots will be counted in November.” 
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LWV North Carolina calls on NC voters to stand up for fair maps legislation in wake of Supreme Court’s failure to curtail partisan gerrymandering

6/29/2019

 
CHAPEL HILL – The League of Women Voters of North Carolina today called on the state’s voters and legislators to take action in North Carolina to end gerrymandering.  In today’s ruling on Rucho v. League of Women Voters of North Carolina, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to set a test enabling courts to determine when partisan gerrymandering has gone too far, finding that partisan gerrymandering is non-justiciable.

“Today’s decision is devastating to the voters in North Carolina who have lived with
unconstitutional districts in the last four federal elections,” said Janet Hoy, outgoing
co-president of the League of Women Voters of North Carolina and a named plaintiff in
the case. “While we were hopeful that the Court would set a standard to address extreme
gerrymandering cases like ours, we will continue to work on getting fair maps for North
Carolinians through action right here in North Carolina.”
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Mueller Report Reveals Urgent Need for Election Security

4/22/2019

 
CONGRESS SHOULD PASS THE FOR THE PEOPLE ACT TO MODERNIZE OUR ELECTIONS AND INCREASE TRANSPARENCY

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WASHINGTON –

President of the League of Women Voters of the United States Chris Carson issued the following statement in response to the Mueller report:

“The Special Counsel’s report makes one thing crystal clear: a foreign government interfered in the 2016 presidential election. Congress must now take bold action to secure our elections systems from future attacks. To do so, Congress must have access to the full report and the underlying investigative documentation to understand the full scope of the attack.”

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League of Women Voters Supports the For the People Act in the Senate

3/30/2019

 
WASHINGTON – The League of Women Voters is proud to support the For the People Act, the Senate companion bill to H.R. 1 that passed the U.S. House of Representatives on March 8. Find out more.

League Urges Support for HR4

3/30/2019

 
LWVUS sent a letter to the U.S. House urging Representatives to support HR4, the Voting Rights Advancement Act. This legislation is a direct response to the Shelby v. Holder decision in 2013. It will modernize the coverage formula in the Voting Rights Act ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Read more.

League Endorses Native American Voting Rights Act of 2019

3/30/2019

 
LWVUS joined other civil rights organizations supporting the Native American Voting Rights Act of 2019. This legislation will remove barriers for Native Americans when registering to vote and expand opportunities for these indigenous people to participate in the voting process. Find out more.

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