LWVUS Urges Congress to Fund 2020 Census (Article) 12/17/2019 The League joined the Census Project and other national and state organizations calling for full funding of the 2020 Census in the FY20 appropriations bills.
AP: Federal lawsuit seeks to stop Wisconsin voter purge (News Clips) 12/17/2019 The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin filed a federal lawsuit to stop the unjust purge of over 200,000 Wisconsin voters.
Washington Post: Georgia purged 309,000 voters from its rolls. It’s the second state to make cuts in less than a week. (News Clips) 12/17/2019 LWV of Georgia filed a federal lawsuit to stop an unjust voter purge from taking effect.
Celebrating International Human Rights Day (Blog) 12/10/2019 Human Rights Day celebrates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Everyone is entitled to inalienable rights regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national or social origin, or other status.
League of Women Voters Praises U.S. House Passage of the Voting Rights Advancement Act (Press Release) 12/6/2019 The Voting Rights Advancement Act, H.R. 4, restores protections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that were stripped by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2013.
League Urges Congress to Vote Yes for H.R. 4, Voting Rights Advancement Act (Article) 12/4/2019 The League joined the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights on a letter sent to the U.S. House of Representatives in favor of final passage of H.R. 4, the Voting Rights Advancement Act.
Spring 2020 Evaluation and Outcomes Intern (Article) 12/3/2019 Organizational Background The League of Women Voters of the United States (LWVUS) is a nonpartisan, community-based membership organization…
AP: New Hampshire voting law on trial, just weeks before primary (News Clips) 12/3/2019 LWV of New Hampshire is challenging a state law that imposes burdensome requirements on voter registration.
League Joins Amicus in June Medical Services, LLC v. Gee (Legal Document) 12/2/2019 The League joined the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and a dozen other prominent civil rights organizations on an amicus…
100 Years in the Making: One Step Closer to the ERA (Blog) 11/26/2019 This past Wednesday, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee ruled 21-11 to remove the ERA's ratification deadline and now the resolution moves to the House floor for a vote.