People Powered Fair Maps FAQ (Article) 9/5/2019 What is the goal of People Powered Fair MapsTM? The goal is to create fair and transparent, people-powered redistricting…
LWV Launches National Redistricting Campaign (Press Release) 9/5/2019 People Powered Fair MapsTM Will Create Fair Redistricting Across America WASHINGTON – Today, the League of Women Voters…
ABC News: Gerrymandering district maps to be updated and redrawn by 2021 (News Clips) 9/5/2019 Live interview with LWV CEO Virginia Kase on the rollout of the People Powered Fair Maps Campaign, a nationwide effort to end gerrymandering in the United States.
People Powered Fair Maps Overview (Article) 9/5/2019 People Powered Fair MapsTM is a national redistricting program of the League of Women Voters focused on creating fair political maps nationwide. The campaign includes actions in all 50…
LWV Relaunches Election Site VOTE411.org (Press Release) 8/19/2019 The League of Women Voters is proud to announce the newly redesigned VOTE411.org, the most trusted nonpartisan election website used by more than five million voters in 2018.
NPR: Some Fear Undercount As Texas Decides Not To Spend Money On 2020 Census (News Clips) 7/16/2019 Officials at the state level in Texas have decided not to spend any money on the 2020 census, even though in the past 10 years the population of Texas has grown massively. So business leaders, large…
The Future Battle to Combat Partisan Gerrymandering and Gain Fair Elections (Blog) 7/16/2019 On June 27, the Supreme Court held that it would not intervene in partisan gerrymandering cases, refusing to set a standard for when redistricting intentionally groups voters by party.
Census Moves Forward Without Citizenship Question (Press Release) 7/12/2019 Now that the threat of a citizenship question on the Census appears to have ended, the focus must turn toward ensuring the 2020 Census is conducted …
Administration’s Action to Bypass the Supreme Court’s Ruling is a Threat to Democracy (Press Release) 7/11/2019 Highest Court Decision to Exclude Citizenship Question Must Be Protected WASHINGTON – Ahead of an expected White House announcement…
League Celebrates 2020 Census Will Not Include a Citizenship Question (Press Release) 7/2/2019 Late Tuesday the Trump Administration announced the 2020 Census forms will be printed without a citizenship question. The announcement came days after the Supreme Court blocked the question.