Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act (Press Release) 6/17/2021 WASHINGTON - The League of Women Voters of the United States board president Dr. Deborah Ann Turner issued the following statement in response to the…
League of Women Voters of Michigan files brief in support of redistricting deadline extension (Press Release) 6/9/2021 Extension ensures fair Congressional, legislative maps LANSING, MI – Today the League of Women Voters of Michigan filed an amicus brief…
League Joins Call to Support the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (Legal Document) 6/8/2021 The League joined a letter led by the Leadership Conference in support of two critical pieces of legislation needed to protect the freedom to…
League urges support for S.1267 the Bipartisan 2020 Census Deadline Extensions Act (Legal Document) 6/1/2021 The League joined the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, The Census Project, and over 100 organizations, urging Senators…
Democracy Docket: Less Time for Map Drawing Requires National Standards (News Clips) 5/12/2021 This story was originally published by Democracy Docket. Last month, the Census Bureau released population data that determined which states will…
Redistricting Watch: Next Steps in the Fight for Fair Representation (Blog) 5/7/2021 On April 29, the League of Women Voters hosted our People Powered Day of Action to shine a light on the redistricting process and encourage people…
How the Census Affects Your Political Representation (Blog) 5/5/2021 Last week, the U.S. Census Bureau released its first set of data from the 2020 Census. The data determines the number of U.S. House districts that…
League Joins Statement on Appropriate Data for Redistricting (Legal Document) 4/30/2021 The League joined a statement led by Advancing Justice (AAJC), the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) and National…
Redistricting Watch: I Will Fight for Fair Maps Because I Care About Voting Rights (Blog) 4/28/2021 This blog was written by Debra Cronmiller, Executive Director of the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin In the past decade, Wisconsin…, To that end, we opposed the recent bills introduced in our Legislature that actively work to suppress the vote. How does this relate to our fight for…, These aren’t the end of the bill’s restrictive measures; some of the proposed bills treat military voters differently than overseas voters, which…
League of Women Voters Hosts Day of Action to Bring Attention to Redistricting (Press Release) 4/27/2021 More than 100 Events across the country on April 29 center the ‘People Powered Day of Action' WASHINGTON - This Thursday, the League of…