League Calls on Congress to Pass a Budget the Meets Basic Human Needs (Legal Document) 7/12/2017 The League joined more than 1,500 groups on a letter that calls on Congress to pass a budget that adequately meets the needs of all people and…
League Joins Call to Restore Funding for Election Assistance Commission (Legal Document) 7/12/2017 The League joined a letter in support of an amendment to the financial services and general government appropriations bill that would restore funding…
Talking Points Memo: While Kobach Commission Bumbles, DOJ Sends Its Own Voter Suppression Signals (News Clips) 7/11/2017 This article originally appeared in Talking Points Memo.By Tierney Sneed The voting rights community isn’t holding its breath for a “report…
League Joins Letter To Secretaries of State Regarding Pence Kobach Commission Data Request (Legal Document) 7/7/2017 The League joined a letter sent to all 50 Secretaries of State condemning and opposing the data request by President Trump's advisory commission. The…
Mother Jones: These Three Lawyers Are Quietly Purging Voter Rolls Across the Country (News Clips) 7/7/2017 This article originally appeared in Mother Jones.By Pema Levy Willie Miller was born in 1948 in Noxubee County, Mississippi, an agricultural…
Washington Times: Voter integrity panel’s vice chairman questions states’ ‘idiotic’ withholding of information (News Clips) 7/2/2017 This article originally appeared in The Washington Times.By Stephen Dinan and Dave Boyer The vice chairman of President Trump’s new voter…
League Joins Letter in Support of Paid Family Leave (Legal Document) 6/30/2017 The League joined more than 340 organizations representing a range of demographic groups from more than 40 states in sending a letter to Congress…
Bloomberg: House Bill Would Ax Election Panel, Bar Limits on Money in Politics (News Clips) 6/30/2017 This article originally appeared in Bloomberg BNA. By Kenneth P. Doyle Republicans in Congress are supporting provisions in a new House spending bill…
League Urges Rejection of EAC Termination in House Appropriations Bill (Legal Document) 6/29/2017 The League sent a memo to members of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government urging them to reject…
Mic: The House wants to put America's independent election watchdog out of business (News Clips) 6/29/2017 This article was originally published by Mic.By Celeste Katz At the same moment watchdogs are calling out a new White House panel’s massive…