League Calls on Senate to Hold For the People Act Hearing (Legal Document) 4/23/2019 The League sent a memo to the U.S. Senate calling for a hearing on the For the People Act. April 18, 2019 To: …
Voting Rights and Election Administration in the Dakotas (Blog) 4/22/2019 This guest blog post was written by Karen Ehrens, member of the League of Women Voters of Bismarck-Mandan. On April 16, 2019, a day when Spring…
Mueller Report Reveals Urgent Need for Election Security (Press Release) 4/19/2019 Congress Should Pass the For the People Act to Modernize our Elections and Increase Transparency WASHINGTON – President of the League…
High Schoolers want to vote—we have a responsibility to show them how (Blog) 4/18/2019 Each year, young people are criticized for not turning out to elections. Even with the remarkable turnout of voters aged 18-19 in the 2018…
League urges presidential candidates to disclose their big-money campaign fundraisers (Legal Document) 4/11/2019 LWVUS joined a broad cross-partisan coalition urging presidential candidates to disclose their big-money campaign fundraisers. These large-…
Politico: Advocacy groups press 2020 candidates to disclose bundlers (News Clips) 4/11/2019 This article was originally published by Politico. A coalition of 16 advocacy groups is calling on candidates for president to release lists of…
Census 2020: One Year Out (Blog) 4/3/2019 In less than one year, on April 1, 2020, the Census will be in full swing. Communities across the country will begin reporting to the U.S. Census and…
LWVUS Joins Amicus in Department of Commerce v. New York (Legal Document) 4/2/2019 The League joined 178 civic organizations on an amicus brief for the census litigation case in New York. The brief supports the lower court’s…
Celebrating Women’s History Month with the Powerful Women of Congress (Blog) 3/28/2019 Earlier this month, the League of Women Voters of the United States hosted a reception for the female members of Congress to celebrate the record…, You can watch the full remarks from League leadership and these members of Congress on our Facebook page in Part 1…
League of Women Voters Supports the For the People Act in the Senate (Press Release) 3/27/2019 This bill will make elections fairer and put power back in the hands of the American people WASHINGTON – The League of Women Voters…