League of Women Voters Hosts Day of Action to Bring Attention to Redistricting (Press Release) 4/27/2021 People Powered Day of Action 2021 press release.
LWV Supports the For the People Act in the Senate (Press Release) 3/17/2021 Senators must come together to protect voters and defend democracy
Ruling Halts LWV of Arkansas Fair Maps Initiative (Press Release) 9/16/2020 A federal judge ruled in Miller v. Thurston that 150,000 signatures collected for a ballot measure that would create an independent redistricting commission in the state were invalid.
Arkansas Voters File Lawsuit to Count Petition Signatures (Press Release) 9/2/2020 LWV of Arkansas filed a lawsuit seeking to reinstate the Arkansas Voters First ballot initiative calling for a constitutional amendment establishing a fair, citizen-led redistricting process on the…
Unconstitutional Executive Order Targets Immigrants and Damages Redistricting (Press Release) 7/22/2020 The President’s proposal to exclude immigrants in the 2021 redistricting cycle is unconstitutional and unconscionable.
League of Women Voters Education Fund receives $150,000 from Craig Newmark Philanthropies (Press Release) 7/17/2020 WASHINGTON – The League of Women Voters Education Fund received a grant of $150,000 from Craig Newmark Philanthropies to support the League’s…
Nevada Signature Collection Deadline Extended due to COVID-19 (Press Release) 6/2/2020 A federal judge ruled that the deadline to collect signatures should be extended for Fair Maps Nevada’s ballot initiative petition due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
LWV Texas Joins North Carolina Redistricting Case (Press Release) 9/13/2019 LWV Texas and other partners joined North Carolina redistricting case Common Cause v. Lewis as amici curiae.
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…
Supreme Court Declines to Set a Standard to Rein in Partisan Gerrymandering (Press Release) 6/27/2019 Today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in Rucho v. League of Women Voters of North Carolina that no fair test exists for courts to determine when partisan gerrymandering has gone too…