Supreme Court Upholds Exclusion of Citizenship Question in 2020 Census (Press Release) 6/27/2019 League Remains Dedicated to Complete Count in 2020 WASHINGTON, DC--Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Department of Commerce v. New York…
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…
NPR: Wisconsin Supreme Court Sides With GOP Lawmakers To Limit Democratic Governor's Power (News Clips) 6/21/2019 This story was originally published by National Public Radio. The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Republican state lawmakers and…
Daily Herald: A century of promoting everyone's right to vote, not just women (News Clips) 6/10/2019 This article originally appeared in the Daily Herald. Today, we proudly celebrate the 100th anniversary of Illinois' ratification of the 19th…
For the People Act Town Hall in New Mexico (Blog) 5/29/2019 This guest blog post was written by Judy Williams, president of the League of Women Voters of New Mexico. On May 11 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the…
Washington Post: How a large-scale effort to register black voters led to a crackdown in Tennessee (News Clips) 5/24/2019 This article was originally published by the Washington Post. Last year, an army of paid workers with stacks of voter registration forms fanned out…
Florida's Field Hearing on Election Administration (Blog) 5/20/2019 This guest blog post was written by Karen Wilkerson, member of the League of Women Voters of Palm Beach County. On May 6, 2019, the House…
League Joins Groups Urging Presidential Candidates to Prioritize Democracy Reform Agenda (Legal Document) 5/15/2019 On May 15, the League joined over 100 organizations on letters to all announced presidential candidates urging them to implement a democracy reform…, The following candidates received letters: (May 15, 2019) Sen. Michael Bennet Gov. Jay Inslee Vice President Joe Biden…, May 15, 2019 The Honorable Michael Bennett Bennet for America PO Box 44494 Denver, Colorado 80202 Dear Senator Bennet, Congratulations on your…
League of Women Voters Launches Nationwide Ad Campaign Supporting For the People Act (Press Release) 4/26/2019 S.949 Deserves a Hearing in the U.S. Senate WASHINGTON, DC – Following the introduction of the For the People Act in the U.S. Senate last…
LWV Celebrates Settlement to Reverse Discriminatory Voter Purge (Press Release) 4/26/2019 Naturalized Texas Voters No Longer Affected by Unjust Purge SAN ANTONIO, TX—The League of Women Voters of Texas and other civil rights groups…