LWVUS President Dr. Deborah Turner Remarks at 'No More Excuses: Voting Rights Now!' Rally (Press Release) 8/24/2021 WASHINGTON – Today, LWVUS board president, Dr. Deborah Ann Turner, delivered the following remarks at the White House, demanding the Biden…
LWV Statement on House Passage of John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (Press Release) 8/24/2021 WASHINGTON – Today the League of Women Voters of the United States board president, Dr. Deborah Ann Turner, issued the following statement after the…
Wisconsin Groups File Redistricting Challenge (Press Release) 8/24/2021 MADISON, WI – Yesterday, the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin in partnership with Black Leaders Organizing for Communities, Voces de la…
LWV Recommends Representatives Vote Yes on HR4 (Legal Document) 8/23/2021 LWVUS sent a memo to the offices of all members of the US House of Representatives recommending they vote yes on HR4, the John Lewis Voting…
LWVUS Joins Partners in Urging US House to Support HR4 (Legal Document) 8/23/2021 August 23, 2021 SUPPORT H.R. 4, JOHN LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT ACT Dear Representative: On behalf of The Leadership Conference on…
League Joins Partners on Letter Addressing Energy Systems in the Budget Proposal (Legal Document) 8/23/2021 LWVUS joined partners on a letter to House and Senate leadership that urges them to address the climate crisis in the budget legislation.…
LWV Praises John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act as Essential Democracy Legislation (Press Release) 8/17/2021 WASHINGTON — Today the US House of Representatives introduced the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, a bill that will restore the Voting…
Why We Must Pass the Justice in Policing Act (Blog) 8/16/2021 Trigger warning: this blog contains descriptions of racist violence. This blog was written by Jennifer Hernandez, an LWV summer 2021 intern. In the…, Chauvin had a history of excessive violence prior to 2020. In 2017, he beat a 14-year-old boy and kneeled on his back for 17 minutes while the child…
LWVUS Submits Statement for the Record to the US House Judiciary Committee regarding the VRAA (Legal Document) 8/16/2021 LWVUS submitted a statement to the US House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Oversight of the Voting Rights Act: Potential Legislative…
Census Data Has Been Released: Here is How We Get Fair Maps (Blog) 8/12/2021 To determine how we will be represented and how funds for schools, hospitals, and other essential services will be allocated…