Supreme Court Declines to Protect Voting Rights for Minorities (Press Release) 7/1/2021 WASHINGTON – The League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement in response to the Supreme…
Test Your Filibuster Knowledge (Blog) 6/29/2021 First things first: what is a filibuster? We talk a lot about filibusters these days, yet we’re not always clear on what they entail. …
League Opposes Anti-Home-Rule Riders on the Fiscal Year 2022 D.C. Appropriations Bill (Legal Document) 6/29/2021 The League joined DC Vote in asking the House and Senate appropriations committees to oppose amendments to the District of Columbia FY 2022…
League of Women Voters of North Carolina v. Rucho (consolidated with Common Cause v. Rucho) (Legal Case) 6/27/2021
League of Women Voters of Minnesota Moves to Join Redistricting Case as Co-plaintiffs (Press Release) 6/23/2021 Wattson v. Simon seeks to ensure that Minnesota’s electoral maps are drawn fairly St. Paul, Minnesota—Today, the League of Women Voters of…
League Submits Statement to US Senate in Support of DC Statehood (Legal Document) 6/22/2021 The League of Women Voters sent a statement for the record to the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee in advance of their…, Statement for Virginia Kase Solomon, Chief Executive Officer League of Women Voters of the United States U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland…
Senate Fails to Pass the For the People Act – Democracy Hangs in the Balance (Press Release) 6/22/2021 WASHINGTON - Today the League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement following the US Senate’s…
Why Our Freedom to Vote Relies on the For the People Act (Blog) 6/18/2021 Since its founding, the US has made tremendous strides to improve and expand democracy. But there have also been some dangerous movements that have…
Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act (Press Release) 6/17/2021 WASHINGTON - The League of Women Voters of the United States board president Dr. Deborah Ann Turner issued the following statement in response to the…