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Empowering Voters. Defending Democracy.

The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan, grassroots organization working to protect and expand voting rights and ensure everyone is represented in our democracy. We empower voters and defend democracy through advocacy, education, and litigation, at the local, state, and national levels.

Protect the Freedom to Vote

Ensure all Americans have the equal opportunity to exercise the right to vote

Improve Elections

Inform voters and help make our elections more free, fair, and equitable

Reduce Money’s Political Influence

Hear citizen voices over corporations and the wealthy

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Fight for Fair Redistricting

Oppose partisan and racial gerrymandering

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Your Vote Matters

It determines your access to affordable health care

It lifts up the voices of those most impacted by climate change

It ensures that we're all represented in our government, not just those of us with greater wealth or systemic advantages

It promotes immigration reform, including family reunification and political asylum

In 2020, more than 6 million people found nonpartisan voting resources on VOTE411, including 2.2 million Spanish speakers.

Defending the Right to Vote

In 2020 we protected more than 25 million voters in courts across the nation.

And we are still fighting

Standing Up for Reproductive Rights

In March of 2018, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit challenging the fifteen-week abortion ban that was passed by the Mississippi state legislature. The League filed an amicus brief in support of the plaintiffs.

Promoting Fair Congressional Maps

LWVNC v. Rucho is a Supreme Court case challenging North Carolina’s 2016 redistricting plan as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander and a violation of the First and Fourteenth amendments.

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Standing Against Voter Discrimination

Shelby County is a historic legal challenge to key voting protections of the Voting Rights Act, which LWV joined as amicus, arguing that the law’s provision for federal oversight of local election procedures was needed to protect voters of color.

Read the Case Summary