People Powered Fair Maps FAQ (Article) 9/5/2019 What is the goal of People Powered Fair MapsTM? The goal is to create fair and transparent, people-powered redistricting…
LWV Launches National Redistricting Campaign (Press Release) 9/5/2019 People Powered Fair MapsTM Will Create Fair Redistricting Across America WASHINGTON – Today, the League of Women Voters…
ABC News: Gerrymandering district maps to be updated and redrawn by 2021 (News Clips) 9/5/2019 Live interview with LWV CEO Virginia Kase on the rollout of the People Powered Fair Maps Campaign, a nationwide effort to end gerrymandering in the United States.
People Powered Fair Maps Overview (Article) 9/5/2019 People Powered Fair MapsTM is a national redistricting program of the League of Women Voters focused on creating fair political maps nationwide. The campaign includes actions in all 50…
The Hill: This Women's Equality Day, stop romanticizing the 19th Amendment (News Clips) 8/26/2019 Opinion piece from LWV CEO Virginia Kase on what it means to celebrate the passage of the 19th Amendment 99 years later.
LWV Relaunches Election Site VOTE411.org (Press Release) 8/19/2019 The League of Women Voters is proud to announce the newly redesigned VOTE411.org, the most trusted nonpartisan election website used by more than five million voters in 2018.
Leagues register over 20,000 new youth voters (Blog) 7/19/2019 June marked the end of our 2019 High School Voter Registration project. With a record-breaking 60 Leagues participating, volunteers registered a total of 20,115 high school student in 28 states…
The Future Battle to Combat Partisan Gerrymandering and Gain Fair Elections (Blog) 7/16/2019 On June 27, the Supreme Court held that it would not intervene in partisan gerrymandering cases, refusing to set a standard for when redistricting intentionally groups voters by party.
Patch: MD Gerrymandering Ruling By Supreme Court 'Disappointing': Hogan (News Clips) 6/27/2019 The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled on the question of if Maryland's redistricting violated the First Amendment in the case Benisek v. Lamone.
LA Times: Supreme Court’s approval of partisan gerrymandering raises 2020 election stakes (News Clips) 6/27/2019 The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld highly partisan state election maps that permit one party to win most seats, even when most voters cast ballots for the other side.