At the 2023 LWVNY Convention in June, speaker Carolyn Maloney urged League members to sign the petition for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). Maloney, now with the ERA Coalition and the Fund for Women's Equality, is working to get signatures on a petition to support legislation removing the deadline standing in the way of the ERA. Passing the ERA as the 28th Constitutional amendment would enshrine in the United States Constitution the concept of women’s equality, and create a national legal standard banning all forms of sex discrimination in the supreme law of the land. On April 27 the Resolution was brought to a vote in the Senate. With 98 of the 100 Senators present the majority –51—voted to place the ERA in the Consitution. Because of the arcane filibuster rule requiring 60 votes –9 more than a majority—the resolution fell 9 votes short. Read more and sign the petition at https://www.sign4era.org
