LWVUS joins DFAD Coalition Urging Senate to Pass Freedom to Vote Act (Legal Document) 10/14/2021 Dear Majority Leader Schumer, Chairwoman Klobuchar, and Senators Kaine, King, Manchin, Merkley, Padilla, Tester, and Warnock: We, the…
Dear Joe: It's Not Us, It's You (Blog) 10/4/2021 Hey President Biden. It’s us, the American voters. We know you have a lot going on — a deadly global pandemic, the climate change crisis, a…
Senate Introduces the Freedom to Vote Act (Blog) 9/17/2021 This week, the US Senate introduced new legislation that protects and expands the right to vote, decreases the influence of money in politics, and…
LWVUS Submits Statement for the Record to the US House Judiciary Committee regarding the VRAA (Legal Document) 8/16/2021 LWVUS submitted a statement to the US House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Oversight of the Voting Rights Act: Potential Legislative…
Texas Voters Win as Motor Voter Lawsuit Is Settled (Press Release) 8/3/2021 Over 1 Million Texans Have Already Registered To Vote Online Since September 2020, When This Suit Forced The State To Comply With National Voter…
PRESS HERALD: While Some States Restrict Voting, Maine Lawmakers Pass Bills to Expand Access (Article) 7/8/2021 This story was originally published by Press Herald. During a year of pitched partisan battles elsewhere over voter rights and election…
League Joins Call to Support the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (Legal Document) 6/8/2021 The League joined a letter led by the Leadership Conference in support of two critical pieces of legislation needed to protect the freedom to…
The League's Impact on the 2020 Election (Blog) 5/21/2021 A screenwriter couldn't have plotted it better: in the League's 100th year of existence, in the midst of a deeply contentious federal election,…
Virginia Kase Statement for Senate Rule Committee Hearing on S1, the "For the People Act" (Press Release) 3/24/2021 Senate Committee on Rules and Administration Hearing on S1, the “For the People Act of 2021” March 24, 2021 Chairwoman Klobuchar, Ranking Member…
LWV Supports the For the People Act in the Senate (Press Release) 3/17/2021 WASHINGTON – Following the passage of HR1, the For the People Act, in the House of Representatives earlier this month, today the US Senate introduced…