In the Know: COVID-19 Voting Litigation (Blog) 8/10/2020 A national overview of the League’s COVID-related voting rights cases In early January, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) issued the first public…
People Powering the Vote: League Leaders and the fight for the VRAA (Blog) 8/6/2020 Today is August 6th, 2020. It has been 244 days since the Voting Rights Advancement Act passed the U.S. …
Fighting each day for the America we aspire to be (Blog) 6/18/2020 This guest blog was contributed by Krystina François, member of LWV of Miami-Dade County and Executive Director of the Office of New Americans in…
COVID-19, the Census, and Redistricting (Blog) 5/27/2020 COVID-19 has had a huge impact on the way that the Census conducts operations. Because of this impact, the U.S. Census Bureau has been forced to…
The Census and Coronavirus (Blog) 4/9/2020 Have you taken the census yet? This is my favorite question to ask my friends, family, co-workers, and colleagues across the country when…, COVID-19 and the Census While Census forms continue to be collected and counted, the Bureau has postponed or suspended operations around…
In the Know: The Rise in Voter Purge Litigation (Blog) 4/7/2020 We have seen a rise in voter purge litigation over the past few years. State and local Leagues have joined litigation as…
Time to get counted! (Blog) 4/1/2020 Today is Census Day, the official launch of the 2020 Census! As so much around us is rapidly changing, the census is one thing that remains the same…
10 Things Elections Officials Can Do to Safeguard Our Elections This Spring, Summer, and Fall (Blog) 3/30/2020 The League of Women Voters applauds the thousands of elections officials who are working overtime to help make voting accessible and safe for…
Preparing for Census Day 2020 (Blog) 3/19/2020 It’s 2020, and that means in addition to a presidential election, this year is also a critical census year. For many people, the…
What’s at Stake for This Census (Blog) 1/17/2020 2020 brings a year of new challenges and opportunities to better our democracy. Part of this work will be through the 2020 Census--…