League of Women Voters Supports the For the People Act in the Senate (Press Release) 3/27/2019 This bill will make elections fairer and put power back in the hands of the American people WASHINGTON – The League of Women Voters…
Bloomberg: Supreme Court Justices Question Suits Over Partisan Gerrymandering (News Clips) 3/26/2019 This article was originally published by Bloomberg. Conservative justices questioned whether judges should be able to toss out politically…
Washington Post: Hogan, Schwarzenegger urge Supreme Court to act on partisan gerrymandering (News Clips) 3/26/2019 This article was originally published by Washington Post. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Tuesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to act on partisan…
Supreme Court Hears the League’s Landmark Redistricting Case (Press Release) 3/26/2019 DECISION COULD SET NATIONWIDE STANDARD FOR REDISTRICTING WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a set of three redistricting…
Breaking Down the Partisan Gerrymandering Cases Before the U.S. Supreme Court (Blog) 3/21/2019 The set of gerrymandering cases before the U.S. Supreme Court this spring is easy to remember if you think of a movie production countdown: “3-2-1,…
Observing the Historic Passage of H.R. 1 (Blog) 3/18/2019 Friday March 8th was a day of firsts, for the 116th Congress and for me. For the House of Representatives, this was also the first time that a…
League Submits Comments on 2020 Census Address Canvass (Legal Document) 3/15/2019 LWVUS submitted substantive comments to the U.S. Census Bureau on the 2020 Address Canvassing operation. The comments addressed the use of…
League Joins Amicus Brief in Lamone v. Benisek (Legal Document) 3/8/2019 The League of Women Voters of Maryland joined as amici on a brief filed in the U.S. Supreme Court case Lamone v. Benisek. The brief…
League Files Brief in Rucho v. Common Cause at Supreme Court (Legal Document) 3/5/2019 The League of Women Voters of North Carolina filed an amicus brief in Rucho v. Common Cause at the U.S. Supreme Court. The League's case, Rucho…
Associated Press: Voting rights groups’ lawsuit against Ohio heads to trial (News Clips) 3/2/2019 This story was original published by Associated Press. CINCINNATI (AP) — Voting rights groups that charge that Ohio’s congressional map was unfairly…