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League Joins Amicus in Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Board of Elections (Article)

9/13/2016

Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Board of Elections is scheduled to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court during the current term and covers the topic of racial gerrymandering in Virginia.

League Sends Comments to Census Bureau (Legal Document)

8/31/2016

The League sent comments to the Census Bureau regarding the decision to continue using the “usual residence” rule. The rule counts incarcerated citizens at their prison addresses rather than their…

League Initiates Making Democracy Work® Campaign for 2016 Elections (Press Release)

6/23/2016

League set agenda for the next biennium and elected unanimously Chris Carson of Burbank, California as the organization's 19th national president.

Supreme Court’s Evenwel Decision Reaffirms Total Population as Basis for Redistricting (Press Release)

4/4/2016

“This is an 8-0 decision that reinforces basic constitutional principles and previous holdings by the Supreme Court. This is a big win," said President MacNamara.

League Files Brief in Wittman v. Personhuballah (Article)

2/17/2016

Wittman v. Personhuballah is scheduled to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on March 21, 2016 and covers the topic of racial gerrymandering in Virginia.

Outlining the League’s Priority Federal Issues for 2016 (Blog)

1/12/2016

In addition to lobbying the 114th Congress in support of our priorities, the League is working on a number of important policy proposals put forth by the President and agencies of the federal…

Obama Commits to Improve Voting, Expand Participation (Press Release)

1/12/2016

"The League is pleased to have the power of the presidency behind reforms that lower barriers to voters and help us work toward a more perfect democracy," said President MacNamara.

U.S. Supreme Court Considers the Idea of Representation (Blog)

12/11/2015

Evenwel v. Abbott, a case out of Texas, has the potential to upset the criteria for drawing state and local legislative districts so that they would be determined by the total number of voters…

League Joins Amicus in Evenwel v. Abbott (Article)

9/29/2015

The LWVUS recently submitted an amicus curiae brief with other groups to the Supreme Court in Evenwel v. Abbott.

Fair Districts Equal Fair Elections: LWV Ohio Shows how Gerrymandering Took the “Swing” Out of Swing State (Blog)

9/3/2015

Predictable Results: A Report from the League of Women Voters of Ohio Comparing 2011 Gerrymandering to the 2012 and 2014 Election Results, concluded that Ohio’s legislative districts are rigged to…