Six Years Since Shelby Shows There’s More Work to Do. Here’s How You Can Make an Impact. (Blog) 6/26/2019 The Voting Rights Act (VRA) was one of the most important pieces of legislation of the 20th Century when it was established in 1965.…
League Urges Congress to Lift Severe Caps on Discretionary Spending (Article) 6/26/2019 LWVUS joined organizations connected to the Coalition on Human Needs on a letter urging members of Congress to lift severe caps on domestic and…, Dear Representative/Senator: The undersigned organizations strongly urge you to continue the progress advanced in the last two years by supporting…
League Urges Support for Census Bureau Funding in FY 2020 Budget (Legal Document) 6/24/2019 On July 17, the League joined the Census Project and other affiliates calling on Congress to support the funding levels for the Census Bureau…
In the Know: Analyzing SCOTUS Hearing on Adding a Citizenship Question to 2020 Census (Blog) 4/24/2019 On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard Department of Commerce v. New York, a case challenging the Administration’s decision to add a citizenship…
League Calls on Senate to Hold For the People Act Hearing (Legal Document) 4/23/2019 The League sent a memo to the U.S. Senate calling for a hearing on the For the People Act. April 18, 2019 To: …
Mueller Report Reveals Urgent Need for Election Security (Press Release) 4/19/2019 Congress Should Pass the For the People Act to Modernize our Elections and Increase Transparency WASHINGTON – President of the League…
League urges presidential candidates to disclose their big-money campaign fundraisers (Legal Document) 4/11/2019 LWVUS joined a broad cross-partisan coalition urging presidential candidates to disclose their big-money campaign fundraisers. These large-…
Politico: Advocacy groups press 2020 candidates to disclose bundlers (News Clips) 4/11/2019 This article was originally published by Politico. A coalition of 16 advocacy groups is calling on candidates for president to release lists of…
Census 2020: One Year Out (Blog) 4/3/2019 In less than one year, on April 1, 2020, the Census will be in full swing. Communities across the country will begin reporting to the U.S. Census and…
LWVUS Joins Amicus in Department of Commerce v. New York (Legal Document) 4/2/2019 The League joined 178 civic organizations on an amicus brief for the census litigation case in New York. The brief supports the lower court’s…