5 Reasons to Have Confidence in Mail-in Voting (Blog) 7/29/2020 This guest post was contributed by Amber Stenger, co-president of the League of Women Voters of Johnson County, Kansas. Voters can…
People Powered Fair Maps in Action (Blog) 6/24/2020 Nearly one year ago, in September 2019, we launched People Powered Fair MapsTM in response to the disappointing Supreme…
People Powered Fair Maps in Arkansas (Blog) 6/22/2020 This guest blog post was contributed by Bonnie Miller, president of LWV of Arkansas. We’ve all seen the #LoveInTheTimeOfCovid hashtag,…
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…
Honoring the National Voter Registration Act (Blog) 5/20/2020 Updated May 12, 2023. The National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) is one of the most transformative laws enhancing voting…, The story continues: LWV, the foremost defender of the NVRA Since the passage of the NVRA in 1993, the League continues to be the chief…
Six months into People Powered Fair Maps (Blog) 5/14/2020 People Powered Fair Maps is a nationwide redistricting program that focuses on creating fair political maps in all…, The census count has a direct impact on the redistricting process. Numbers from the count are used to determine how many…
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…
Bilingual Resource for COVID-19 Election Changes (Blog) 4/6/2020 With more than 40 states still scheduled to hold primary and local elections between now and November, and with election changes announced almost…
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…