League Urges Support of HR1 and Opposition to Tactics to Weaken Bill (Legal Document) 2/28/2019 The League of Women Voters joined other groups as part of the Declaration for American Democracy coalition in strongly urging members of…
LWV Supports H.R. 4 (Press Release) 2/27/2019 Restoring the Voting Rights Act Will Strengthen Democracy WASHINGTON – The League of Women Voters is proud to support H.R. 4, the…
League Urges Support for HR1 Companion in U.S. Senate (Legal Document) 2/27/2019 The League sent a memo to the U.S. Senate urging members to support and co-sponsor a companion bill to HR1, the For the People Act. …
99 Years Later – the League of Women Voters is Still Fighting for Voting Rights (Blog) 2/14/2019 Ninety-nine years ago today, the League of Women Voters was founded at the National American Woman…
League Remembers Congressman John Dingell (Press Release) 2/8/2019 WASHINGTON – The League of Women Voters national president Chris Carson issued the following statement on the passing of Congressman John…
LWV Texas Joins Lawsuit to Combat Voter Suppression (Press Release) 2/5/2019 AUSTIN & WASHINGTON – Monday the League of Women Voters of Texas joined a lawsuit against the Texas Secretary of State’s office after false…
House Judiciary Committee Holds First Hearing on HR1 (Blog) 1/31/2019 Tuesday, January 31, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on HR1, the For the People Act. This was the first Congressional hearing on the…
2018 Election Impact Report (Blog) 1/30/2019 Across the country, League volunteers in all 50 states worked to register, inform, and protect voters in 2018.…
League Joins Joint Statement to House Judiciary Committee in Support of HR1 (Legal Document) 1/29/2019 The League and members of the Declaration for American Democracy Coalition sent a joint statement from diverse groups to the Senate Judiciary…
Texas Tribune: Civil rights groups warn that Texas voter citizenship check could violate federal law (News Clips) 1/28/2019 This story was originally published in the Texas Tribune. The state of Texas' announcement that it was flagging tens of thousands of registered…