Fulcrum: Over 500 locations in one National Voter Registration Day drive (News Clips) 9/20/2019 This story was originally published by The Fulcrum. More than 500 registration events will be held across the country Tuesday by the League of Women…
League Asks for Extension of Comments Period to Department of Labor (Legal Document) 9/11/2019 The League joined 92 organizations from the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights requesting the Department of Labor extend the comment…
League Calls on Senate to Fund Clean Water Program (Legal Document) 9/11/2019 The League joined organizations on a letter to the U.S. Senate asking for an increase in funding of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Nonpoint…
Leagues Step Up on Climate Action (Blog) 8/20/2019 This blog post was written by Cathy Frischmann and Claudia Keith from LWV of Oregon and LWV of Corvallis. Since 2015, the U.S.…
League Urges Congress to Lift Severe Caps on Discretionary Spending (Article) 6/26/2019 LWVUS joined organizations connected to the Coalition on Human Needs on a letter urging members of Congress to lift severe caps on domestic and…, Dear Representative/Senator: The undersigned organizations strongly urge you to continue the progress advanced in the last two years by supporting…
Washington Post: How a large-scale effort to register black voters led to a crackdown in Tennessee (News Clips) 5/24/2019 This article was originally published by the Washington Post. Last year, an army of paid workers with stacks of voter registration forms fanned out…
League Joins Groups Urging Presidential Candidates to Prioritize Democracy Reform Agenda (Legal Document) 5/15/2019 On May 15, the League joined over 100 organizations on letters to all announced presidential candidates urging them to implement a democracy reform…, The following candidates received letters: (May 15, 2019) Sen. Michael Bennet Gov. Jay Inslee Vice President Joe Biden…, May 15, 2019 The Honorable Michael Bennett Bennet for America PO Box 44494 Denver, Colorado 80202 Dear Senator Bennet, Congratulations on your…
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: …
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…