Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—September 29, 2018 By: Gwendolyn Maxie-Brown Please join the League of Women Voters Park Forest Area (LWVPFA) for a timely and instructive meeting on Voter Education on Wednesday, October 10. The program will READ MORE
“March to the Polls 2018” to Celebrate First Time Voters and Inspire Voter Turnout; Women’s March Chicago to Announce Details about Expanded Rally on September 12 CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—September 6, 2018 Contact: Harlene Ellin Women’s March Chicago READ MORE
New districts could be redrawn before the November midterms, likely affecting control of the U.S. House NORTH CAROLINA—(ENEWSPF)—August 28, 2018 By: Julia Conley, staff writer In a victory for voting rights, a panel of federal READ MORE
“This is a victory for African American voters across Georgia who are too often subject to a relentless campaign of voter suppression” GEORGIA—(ENEWSPF)—August 24, 2018 By: Andrea Germanos, staff writer Voting rights advocates are claiming READ MORE
News of Russian hackers targeting Illinois adds urgency to the signing of SB 2273 CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—July 14, 2018 Contact: Steve Held The Russian hacking of Illinois’ voter database is further galvanizing activists in support of a READ MORE
“We must end gerrymandering to ensure all voters have a voice in our democracy.” Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 25, 2018 By: Jake Johnson, staff writer In a victory for “GOP racial gerrymanders everywhere” and a significant loss READ MORE
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2018 Contact: Rebecca Autrey, Communications Manager Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in two long-anticipated cases – Gill v. Whitford, dealing with a Republican gerrymander in Wisconsin, and Benisek v. Lamone, dealing READ MORE
Ahead of Capitol Hill forum, Rev. William Barber and Rev. Liz Theohalis reportedly still in police custody NATIONWIDE—(ENEWSPF)—June 12, 2018 By: Julia Conley, staff writer A day after being detained for leading a Poor People’s READ MORE
The ruling, Justice Sotomayor writes in dissent, “entirely ignores the history of voter suppression against which the NVRA was enacted.” Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 11, 2018 By: Andrea Germanos, staff writer Civil rights groups are calling the READ MORE
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—April 26, 2018 Contact: Jen Dean House Bill 4469 (HB4469) sponsored by State Representative Juliana Stratton, will ensure that the 94% of people being held in pretrial detention at Cook County Jail, who are eligible READ MORE
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