People Powered Fair Maps (Article) 1/13/2021 People Powered Fair MapsTM is a national redistricting program of the League of Women Voters focused on creating fair political maps nationwide. The program includes actions in all 50 states + D.C.
20 Ways LWV Empowered Voters and Protected Democracy in 2020 (Blog) 12/10/2020 More voters than ever before participated in our elections in 2020, thanks in part to the work of the League across the country. Here are just a few of our successes in 2020.
USA TODAY:In-person or mail voting? Here is the best way to vote in 2020, according to experts and activists (News Clips) 10/22/2020 USA Today asked experts and voting rights advocates for the best way that voters should cast their ballots.
LWVUS and Common Cause Demand Census Bureau Extend Operation Deadline (Legal Document) 8/6/2020 LWVUS and Common Cause have written a letter to Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham asking him to commit to a fair and accurate census count.
Juneteenth: A Celebration of Emancipation and Black Liberation (Blog) 6/19/2020 Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States, and just one of several “Emancipation Days” observed by Black diasporic communities in the…
Standing Up for Voting Rights in 2020: A Plaintiff’s Story (Blog) 6/8/2020 Vivian chose to join LWV of Minnesota Education Fund v. Simon because she hopes that, by telling her story, she can make progress in dismantling subtle systems of voter suppression.
League Joins Statement Reaffirming Founding Principles of the United Nations as COVID Recovery Begins (Article) 6/3/2020 Last week, the League joined hundreds of other organizations calling on the United Nations to take robust action around COVID19 recover and response. The letter, written on behalf of the Conference…
League Concerned by Exemption of Affirmative Action Obligations during COVID Pandemic (Legal Document) 4/8/2020 The League joined 56 civil rights and worker rights organizations expressing deep concern about the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’ (OFCCP) March 17, 2020…
League Urges Congress to Vote Yes for H.R. 4, Voting Rights Advancement Act (Article) 12/4/2019 The League joined the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights on a letter sent to the U.S. House of Representatives in favor of final passage of H.R. 4, the Voting Rights Advancement Act.
National Leaders to Receive Hispanic Heritage Award for Leadership at Kennedy Center Oct. 1 (Press Release) 8/28/2019 Girl Scouts’ Sylvia Acevedo, YWCA’s Alejandra Y. Castillo, League of Women Voters’ Virginia Kase, and Justice for Migrant Women’s Mónica Ramírez to…