LWVUS Letter to Congress re ERA ratification (Legal Document) 3/11/2021 For over fifty years the League has fought for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) as part of our mission to secure equal…
The Formerly-Convicted Should Get to Vote. Here’s How the Senate Can Make it Happen. (Blog) 3/11/2021 This blog post was written in partnership with Stand Up America. With the For the People Act passing in the House earlier this month, it’s now…, Just like with gerrymandering, felony disenfranchisement laws allow partisan minorities to maintain their majority legislative power on the local,…
LWV Joins Opposition to TN Medicaid waiver (Legal Document) 3/10/2021 Per request by LWVTN, the League signed onto a letter opposing the approval of the TN Medicaid block grant, which would limit the amount of…
LWV Statement on Voting Rights Executive Order (Press Release) 3/8/2021 WASHINGTON—Today the League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase issued the following statement following President Biden’s…
HUFFINGTON POST: Kentucky May Soon Restore Voting Rights To 200,000 People With Felony Records (News Clips) 3/6/2021 This story was originally published by the Huffington Post. For most of 2020, Savvy Shabazz traversed the state of Kentucky to help register…
League Celebrates House Passage of the For the People Act, HR1 (Press Release) 3/4/2021 WASHINGTON – Today the League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase issued the following statement in response to the…
LWV Applauds House Passage of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021 (Press Release) 3/4/2021 WASHINGTON – Today the CEO of the League of Women Voters Virginia Kase issued the following statement in support of HR…
Redistricting Watch: I Will Fight for Fair Maps (Blog) 3/3/2021 Every ten years following the collection of the decennial census data, states redraw their legislative and congressional district lines which…, Two primary forms of gerrymandering include racial gerrymandering and partisan gerrymandering. Racial gerrymandering is the intentional manipulation…, We are kickstarting the work now to organize, educate, and build a base that is prepared to participate in state-based processes for drawing maps.…
LWVUS asks Biden to expand COVID-19 vaccine access (Legal Document) 2/26/2021 LWVUS joined a Public Citizen letter to President Biden asking him to allow low and middle-income countries’ access…
LWVUS Joins Amicus Opposing Medicaid Work Requirements (Press Release) 2/25/2021 WASHINGTON—Late Wednesday, the League of Women Voters of the United States joined partners, including the National Women’s Law Center, the Lawyers’…