National Voter Registration Day is More Critical Than Ever in 2020 (Press Release) 9/21/2020 Leagues to host 850+ registration events and virtual activations September 22 WASHINGTON – Today marks National Voter Registration…
The Fight for Fair Maps: In the Trenches and on the Ballot (Blog) 9/17/2020 This blog post was written by Lizzy Ganssle and Samyuktha Mahadevan, campaign organizers for LWVUS., Through the national redistricting reform campaign, People Powered Fair Maps ™, Leagues in all 50 states and Washington,…
Ruling Halts LWV of Arkansas Fair Maps Initiative (Press Release) 9/16/2020 FAYETTEVILLE, AR — Late Tuesday, a federal judge ruled in Miller v. Thurston that 150,000 signatures collected for a ballot measure that would create…
League Sends Letter Urging Postal Service to Continue Longstanding Practice of Placing Voter Registration Forms in Postal Offices (Legal Document) 9/4/2020 Amid reports that local post offices in the Houston, Texas, area declined to place voter registration forms in their lobbies, citing a “directive”…
Arkansas Voters File Lawsuit to Count Petition Signatures (Press Release) 9/2/2020 League of Women Voters of Arkansas Files to Protect Voters’ First Amendment Rights Fayetteville, AR—Today, the League of Women Voters of…
LWV Signs Letter Expressing Concern on U.S. Terminating Relations with W.H.O (Legal Document) 8/26/2020 LWV joined public health advocacy groups in a letter expressing grave concern regarding the United States Government’s decision to…
LWVUS and Common Cause Demand Census Bureau Extend Operation Deadline (Legal Document) 8/6/2020 LWVUS and Common Cause have written a letter to Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham asking him to commit to a fair and accurate census count.…
LWVUS Calls on Congress to Act on Institutional Violence Against Black Communities (Legal Document) 8/4/2020 LWVUS joined 189 organizations addressing Congressional leadership and standing in solidarity with Black Women’s Reproductive Justice advocates…
League Joins letter calling for Congress to Protect Basic Human Needs in Pandemic (Legal Document) 7/29/2020 The League joins its partners addressing Congress and asking for new pandemic relief legislation that protects and meetings basic human needs to…
Unconstitutional Executive Order Targets Immigrants and Damages Redistricting (Press Release) 7/22/2020 Washington – The League of Women Voters CEO Virginia Kase issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s executive order to exclude…