League Calls on Senate Rules Committee to Fund Elections (Legal Document) 7/21/2020 The League has joined a letter addressing the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, urging the Senate to make additional investments in state…
League of Women Voters Education Fund receives $150,000 from Craig Newmark Philanthropies (Press Release) 7/17/2020 WASHINGTON – The League of Women Voters Education Fund received a grant of $150,000 from Craig Newmark Philanthropies to support the League’s…
League Continues Push for Elections Funding (Legal Document) 7/16/2020 The League sent a letter urging U.S. Senators to include $3.6 billion in funding for elections in the next stimulus package. Members of the LWVUS…
LWV of Pennsylvania and Partners Seek to Intervene in Vote-by-Mail Case (Press Release) 7/15/2020 Voters’ Perspective Must Be Represented in Case Filed by Trump Campaign UPDATE: Motion to intervene was granted on July 27, 2020. These groups also…
Connecticut Groups File Federal Lawsuit to Expand Vote-by-Mail for 2020 Elections Due to COVID-19 (Press Release) 7/2/2020 UPDATE: Recent action from the Connecticut state legislature and Secretary of State expands voting-by-mail in the state, automatically mailing…
LWVUS Joins Case to Advance the Equal Rights Amendment (Press Release) 7/1/2020 WASHINGTON – Late Tuesday, the League of Women Voters of the United States filed a friend of the court brief in the federal lawsuit…
League Calls on Congress to Provide Additional Funding for Census Bureau (Legal Document) 6/30/2020 The League joined members and affiliates of The Census Project , urging Congress to include supplemental funding to help the Census Bureau cover…
Public Interest Legal Foundation Drops Meritless Voter Purge Lawsuit Against Detroit (Press Release) 6/30/2020 DETROIT—The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF), a group that has repeatedly sued election officials for not purging voters aggressively enough,…
Supreme Court Strikes Down Restrictive Abortion Law in Louisiana (Press Release) 6/29/2020 WASHINGTON – The League of Women Voters of the United States board president Dr. Deborah Ann Turner issued the…
LWV of Wisconsin Files Amended Complaint Asking for Safe, Reliable Absentee Ballot Process in November (Press Release) 6/29/2020 MADISON— Today, the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin filed an amended complaint ahead of the November election. This …