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 Urges Protection of Johnson Amendment in 116th Congress (Legal Document) 2/13/2019 The League joined with coalition partners on a letter sent to the chairmen of the Senate Finance Committee and House Ways and Means Committees urging…
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…
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…