Voting Rights Legislation Showdown in the US Senate (Blog) 1/18/2022 The United States Senate has canceled its January recess to bring Senators back to Washington to debate and vote on voting rights legislation. This…
League Welcomes Senate Debate on Voting Rights Bills (Press Release) 1/18/2022 WASHINGTON -- Today the League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement on the Senate action on…
League Applauds House Passage of New Voting Rights Bill (Press Release) 1/13/2022 WASHINGTON – Today the League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement on the 202-203 US House…
LWVUS joins call to restore Black Lung Disability Trust Fund (Legal Document) 1/13/2022 LWVUS joined other organizations urging committee members to support the restoration of the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund (BLDTF)…
LWV Supports Procedural Maneuver to Bring Voting Rights Bills to Senate Floor (Press Release) 1/12/2022 WASHINGTON — Today, League of Women Voters CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement in reaction to Senate Majority Leader Chuck…
League of Women Voters Anticipates White House Voting Rights Speech in Atlanta (Press Release) 1/11/2022 WASHINGTON — Today, the League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement ahead of President Biden…
League of Women Voters Thanks President Biden for Directing Senate to End Filibuster (Press Release) 1/11/2022 WASHINGTON — Today, the League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement in response to President…
3 Takeaways from the Biden Administration's Speech on Voting Rights (Blog) 1/11/2022 Today, President Biden and Vice President Harris responded to a year of advocacy, including thousands of letters to members of Congress, hundreds of…
League of Women Voters of Wisconsin Files Lawsuit to Reactivate 31,854 Voters (Press Release) 12/22/2021 MADISON — Today, the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, represented by Fair Elections Center, Law Forward Inc., and Stafford Rosenbaum LLP, filed…
LWV's Achievements in 2021 (Blog) 12/17/2021 Happy Holidays! As I sit back and reflect on the year we’ve had, I’m blown away by everything we’ve been through…, One problem: fair maps are often threatened by racial and/or political gerrymandering, which occurs when politicians draw maps that dilute the power…, Our work didn’t end with the People Powered Day of Action. Throughout 2021, an estimated 180,000+ people participated in our…, Yet as more than 400 anti-voter bills hit legislatures across the country, the Biden administration failed to step up to promote federal…