LWVUS Joins Letter in Opposition to Reducing Scale of Census Survey (Legal Document) 9/18/2023 The League joined 34 other organizations in urging the Census Bureau to reconsider its recommendation to reduce the sample size used in the Survey of…
Good Government Groups Defend Washington State Disclosure Law, Facing Opposition from Meta (Press Release) 8/10/2023 Seattle, WA – Campaign Legal Center, joined by the League of Women Voters of Washington, Fix Democracy First and the Brennan Center for Justice…
LWVUS Sends Letter to Congress about the Freedom to Vote Act (Legal Document) 8/1/2023 While the League of Women Voters is pleased to see the Freedom to Vote Act introduced again, the bill is not perfect, and we are disappointed that it…
LWVUS Urges Congress to Support the Protecting Our Democracy Act (Legal Document) 7/27/2023 The League of Women Voters urged all members of Congress to support this piece of legislation as a key step in fortifying our democracy. The…
LWVUS joins a letter in support of the Office of Congressional Ethics (Legal Document) 6/12/2023 LWVUS joined a letter to the House Administration Oversight Subcommittee in support of the Office of Congressional Ethics. The coalition asserted…
Where is the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program Now? (Blog) 6/1/2023 The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program protects certain people who immigrated to the United States as children from being deported…, To qualify for DACA, an individual must: Have come to the US before the age of 16; Have been born on or after June 16, 1981; …, In June 2020, the US Supreme Court ruled that the 2017 termination of DACA was unlawful, restoring the program. Then in July 2021, the US District…, It is especially unconscionable to exclude DACA recipients from accessing vital health care benefits as the US has grappled with the health and…, Federal immigration policies affecting people who’ve called this country home for years have faced countless, needlessly convoluted changes. For over…
LWVUS Comments on OMB Race and Ethnicity Data Standards (Legal Document) 4/27/2023 The League submitted comments to the Management and Budget Office (OMB) regarding its proposed updates to the federal government’s race and ethnicity…
LWVUS Submits Comments to USCIS Opposing Immigration Application Fee Increases (Legal Document) 3/13/2023 LWVUS submitted public comment to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on the proposed…
LWV speakers highlights 'dark money' in Nebraska politics (News Clips) 2/28/2023 This story was originally published in The Hastings Tribune. Massive infusions of money, sometimes of unknown origin, into Nebraska’s political…
LWVUS Joins Letter Urging the Administration not to Issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on an Asylum Ban (Legal Document) 1/18/2023 The League of Women Voters of the United States joined nearly 300 civil, human rights, and immigrant rights organizations on a letter to President…