How Citizen's United Will Affect the 2022 Midterms (Blog) 1/21/2022 Campaign finance laws continue to empower corporations and the super-rich, making it difficult for the rest of the country to make their voices heard.
LWV of Texas Sends Letter to Texas SOS Requesting Voter Registration Forms (Press Release) 1/21/2022 LWV of Texas and Campaign Legal Center sent a letter to Texas Secretary of State John Scott in response to his office’s practice of severely limiting voter registration forms provided to voter…
LWV of Baltimore County, Black Voters, and Advocacy Groups Urge Federal Court to Block Baltimore County’s Unlawful Redistricting Plan (Press Release) 1/20/2022 LWV of Baltimore County, other advocacy groups, and Black voters urge federal court to block racially gerrymandered in Baltimore County, Maryland.
CNN: Texas Secretary of State Office Sets Limits On Voter Registration Forms Due to Supply Chain Issues (News Clips) 1/18/2022 Texas elections officials blame the supply chain for the shortage of voter registration forms.
Voting Rights Legislation Showdown in the US Senate (Blog) 1/18/2022 The United States Senate has canceled its January recess to bring Senators back to Washington to debate and vote on voting rights legislation. This follows months of pressure from the League and…
League Welcomes Senate Debate on Voting Rights Bills (Press Release) 1/18/2022 Today the League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement on the Senate action on voting rights.
LWVUS Supports House Vote on HR5746 Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act (Legal Document) 1/13/2022 LWVUS urges all House Representatives to vote for the legislation HR 5746, the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act, and move it to the Senate for immediate consideration and debate.
League Applauds House Passage of New Voting Rights Bill (Press Release) 1/13/2022 The US Senate must follow suit and pass the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act.
LWVUS joins call to restore Black Lung Disability Trust Fund (Legal Document) 1/13/2022 LWVUS joined other organizations urging committee members to support the restoration of the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund (BLDTF).
LWV Supports Procedural Maneuver to Bring Voting Rights Bills to Senate Floor (Press Release) 1/12/2022 Today, League of Women Voters CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement in reaction to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s strategy for bringing the Freedom to Vote Act and the John…