LWVUS Opposes SAVE Act (Legal Document) 5/16/2024 LWVUS joined coalition partners to oppose the SAVE Act, which would require citizenship documentation to cast a ballot, despite the fact that voters in every state are already required to affirm or…
LWVUS Opposes Intrusion into D.C. Local Governance (Legal Document) 5/13/2024 LWVUS joined coalition partners in strong opposition to H.R. 7530, the D.C. Criminal Reforms to Immediately Make Everyone Safe (DC CRIMES) Act, and H.R. 5798, the Protecting our Nation’s Capital…
LWVUS Supports Voting Rights Restoration (Legal Document) 5/1/2024 LWVUS Federal Lobby Corps lobbied Congress in support of the Next Step Home Act to restore the voting rights of thousands of Americans with prior convictions.
LWVUS Joins Letter to Congress Supporting DC Autonomy (Legal Document) 3/15/2024 LWVUS joined 50 other organizations in imploring Congress to respect DC's autonomy. The House and Senate Appropriations Committees have proposed legislation that would interfere with the DC…
LWVUS Urges Congress to Reject Unconstitutional Change to the Census (Legal Document) 12/5/2023 The League urged Congress to oppose an appropriations amendment that would exclude undocumented immigrants from the congressional apportionment calculation after each census.
LWVUS Supports Designating 2024 as the Year of Democracy (Legal Document) 10/19/2023 The League of Women Voters urged Senators to cosponsor S.Res.333 to publicly recognize the importance of our government that is by, and for, the people. 2024 is the perfect year to mark as the “Year…
LWVUS Joins Letter Urging President to Finalize Rule on Health Coverage for DACA Recipients (Legal Document) 10/16/2023 The League signed onto a letter to the President urging him to direct the Administration to finalize the proposed rule to allow recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program…
LWVUS Weighs in on Use of AI in Campaign Ads (Legal Document) 10/16/2023 LWVUS submitted comments to the Federal Election Commission’s public comment period about the use of AI in campaign ads.
LWV Urges Congress to Pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (Legal Document) 9/21/2023 It is time to pass HR14, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, to ensure the freedom to vote for all Americans, no matter the color of their skin, political party affiliation, or zip code.
LWVUS Advocates for Election Funding (Legal Document) 8/10/2023 The League of Women Voters of the United States sent a letter to Congress in support of the Senate’s proposed $75 million appropriation for the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) Security Grants in…