LWVUS President Urges Senator Grassley to Support Voting Rights Legislation (Legal Document) 10/15/2021 Senator Chuck Grassley 111 7th Avenue SE, Box 13 Suite 6800 Cedar Rapids, IA 52401 Dear Senator …
LWVUS joins DFAD Coalition Urging Senate to Pass Freedom to Vote Act (Legal Document) 10/14/2021 Dear Majority Leader Schumer, Chairwoman Klobuchar, and Senators Kaine, King, Manchin, Merkley, Padilla, Tester, and Warnock: We, the…
LWV Applauds the Senate’s Introduction of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (Press Release) 10/6/2021 WASHINGTON – Today, the League of Women Voters of the United States board president, Dr. Deborah Ann Turner, issued the following statement in…
Dear Joe: It's Not Us, It's You (Blog) 10/4/2021 Hey President Biden. It’s us, the American voters. We know you have a lot going on — a deadly global pandemic, the climate change crisis, a…
LWV Expands Calls for Filibuster Reform: ‘It is time to fix or nix the filibuster to save our right to vote' (Press Release) 9/27/2021 WASHINGTON – This week, the board of directors of the League of Women Voters of the United States voted unanimously to support filibuster reform, and…
League Urges Senate to Vote Yes on Freedom to Vote Act (Legal Document) 9/23/2021 In a memo to the US Senate, LWV urged Senators to support passage of the Freedom to Vote Act. Members of the LWVUS Lobby Corps will be…
League Supports Protect Our Democracy Act (Legal Document) 9/23/2021 The League joined nearly 160 groups supporting the Protect Our Democracy Act (PODA). PODA will hold the executive branch accountable and prevent…
Senate Introduces the Freedom to Vote Act (Blog) 9/17/2021 This week, the US Senate introduced new legislation that protects and expands the right to vote, decreases the influence of money in politics, and…
League Supports New Senate Voting Rights Bill, the Freedom to Vote Act (Press Release) 9/14/2021 WASHINGTON — Today the League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement in response the US Senate…
Voting Rights Activists Demand White House Take Action (Press Release) 8/24/2021 WASHINGTON – Today, more than 200 voting rights activists and volunteers rallied and protested at the White House, demanding the Biden administration…