League Calls on Congress to Provide Additional Funding for Census Bureau (Legal Document) 6/30/2020 The League joined members and affiliates of The Census Project , urging Congress to include supplemental funding to help the Census Bureau cover…
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…
People Powered Fair Maps in Arkansas (Blog) 6/22/2020 This guest blog post was contributed by Bonnie Miller, president of LWV of Arkansas. We’ve all seen the #LoveInTheTimeOfCovid hashtag,…
Nevada Signature Collection Deadline Extended due to COVID-19 (Press Release) 6/2/2020 LWV of Nevada and Partners Call on Governor to Allow Online Signature Collection Fair Maps Nevada v. Cegavske Order.pdf (338 KB…
COVID-19, the Census, and Redistricting (Blog) 5/27/2020 COVID-19 has had a huge impact on the way that the Census conducts operations. Because of this impact, the U.S. Census Bureau has been forced to…
Six months into People Powered Fair Maps (Blog) 5/14/2020 People Powered Fair Maps is a nationwide redistricting program that focuses on creating fair political maps in all…, The census count has a direct impact on the redistricting process. Numbers from the count are used to determine how many…
League Joins Efforts to Support Funding in 4th COVID-19 Stimulus (Legal Document) 4/22/2020 LWVUS has actively been supporting additional measures for inclusion in the next emergency funding stimulus bills related to the coronavirus. The…
One Year After the Rucho and Benisek Arguments (Blog) 3/25/2020 March 26 is the one-year anniversary of the arguments of the League’s consolidated redistricting cases Rucho v.…, On June 27, 2019, the Supreme Court declined to set a standard to rein in partisan gerrymandering. Chris…
2019 Roundup: Defending Democracy Through Litigation (Blog) 1/3/2020 With more Leagues engaging in litigation and an increased interest in the work we are doing, each year we track as many cases happening across the…
AP: Backers offer amendments to Nevada redistricting measure (News Clips) 12/22/2019 This story was originally published by the Associated Press. LAS VEGAS (AP) — Advocates for creating a non-partisan commission to redraw Nevada…