League Continues Push for Elections Funding (Legal Document) 7/16/2020 The League sent a letter urging U.S. Senators to include $3.6 billion in funding for elections in the next stimulus package. Members of the LWVUS…
LWV of Pennsylvania and Partners Seek to Intervene in Vote-by-Mail Case (Press Release) 7/15/2020 Voters’ Perspective Must Be Represented in Case Filed by Trump Campaign UPDATE: Motion to intervene was granted on July 27, 2020. These groups also…
League Condemns U.S. decision to terminate relationship with World Health Organization (Legal Document) 7/15/2020 The League joined the following letter to condemn the U.S. Government’s decision to terminate their relationship with the World Health Organization (…
League Joins Partners Asking Presidential Candidates to Disclose Bundlers (Legal Document) 7/14/2020 As campaigns prepare to file their latest campaign finance reports, the League has signed onto a letter along with its partners, asking candidates to…
Connecticut Groups File Federal Lawsuit to Expand Vote-by-Mail for 2020 Elections Due to COVID-19 (Press Release) 7/2/2020 UPDATE: Recent action from the Connecticut state legislature and Secretary of State expands voting-by-mail in the state, automatically mailing…
Public Interest Legal Foundation Drops Meritless Voter Purge Lawsuit Against Detroit (Press Release) 6/30/2020 DETROIT—The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF), a group that has repeatedly sued election officials for not purging voters aggressively enough,…
Supreme Court Strikes Down Restrictive Abortion Law in Louisiana (Press Release) 6/29/2020 WASHINGTON – The League of Women Voters of the United States board president Dr. Deborah Ann Turner issued the…
LWV Commends U.S. House on Passing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act (Press Release) 6/25/2020 There is more work to be done to address systemic racism in policing across America WASHINGTON – The League of Women Voters CEO Virginia Kase issued…
People Powered Fair Maps in Action (Blog) 6/24/2020 Nearly one year ago, in September 2019, we launched People Powered Fair MapsTM in response to the disappointing Supreme…
League Urges Senators to Vote No on Motion to Proceed to JUSTICE Act (Legal Document) 6/23/2020 The League joined allies on a letter urging Senators to vote NO on a motion to proceed to the JUSTICE Act. The Just and Unifying Solutions…