League Joins Call to Restore Funding for Election Assistance Commission (Legal Document) 7/12/2017 The League joined a letter in support of an amendment to the financial services and general government appropriations bill that would restore funding…
League Joins Letter To Secretaries of State Regarding Pence Kobach Commission Data Request (Legal Document) 7/7/2017 The League joined a letter sent to all 50 Secretaries of State condemning and opposing the data request by President Trump's advisory commission. The…
Voting Rights Advocates Rally on Capitol Hill (Blog) 6/29/2017 Last Thursday, League interns Allie Claman and Audra Brulc attended the #RestoreTheVOTE rally on Capitol Hill. Organized by Rep. Terri Sewell,…
League Urges Rejection of EAC Termination in House Appropriations Bill (Legal Document) 6/29/2017 The League sent a memo to members of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government urging them to reject…
LWV Opposes Termination of EAC in Appropriations Bill (Press Release) 6/29/2017 Washington, DC - The League of Women Voters strongly urges the House Appropriations Committee not to terminate the Election Assistance Commission (…
League Statement on the Supreme Court Agreeing to Hear Gerrymandering Case (Press Release) 6/19/2017 LWV Optimistic As Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Extreme Gerrymandering CaseWisconsin Case Will Have National Impact on Redistricting WASHINGTON - The…
League Calls on President Trump to Commit to Protecting Civil Rights (Legal Document) 6/7/2017 The League joined the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights on a letter to President Trump expressing concern that the civil and human…
League Statement on the Paris Climate Agreement (Press Release) 6/1/2017 Washington, DC – The League of Women Voters president, Chris Carson issued the following statement in response to President Trump's…
League Opposes Expansion of Offshore Drilling (Legal Document) 5/23/2017 The League has joined with 132 organizations to state our opposition to the Trump Administration's plan for expansion of offshore drilling—which…
League Joins letter to EPA Secretary Pruitt (Legal Document) 5/19/2017 The League expressed deep concern over the EPA's recently noticed process for evaluating existing regulations that can be "repealed, replaced, or…