Voting

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Restoring the Voting Rights Act Will Strengthen Democracy

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Restoring the Voting Rights Act Will Strengthen Democracy

The League of Women Voters is proud to support H.R. 4, the Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA) which will restore sections of the Voting Rights Act that the Supreme Court stripped in the Shelby County v. Holder decision in 2013.

We Did It! We Finally Passed Early Voting in New York State!

We Did It! We Finally Passed Early Voting in New York State!

We did it! We finally passed early voting in New York State. Congratulations to us all! On Monday the legislature passed a package of reforms that included Early voting, Same day voter registration, No-excuse absentee voting, Primary Consolidation, Pre-registration for 16 and 17 year olds, State-wide voter registration transfer, and Closure of the LLC loophole