Supreme Court Upholds Wisconsin Unconstitutional Electoral Maps (Press Release) 6/18/2018 High Court Allows Partisan Gerrymandering to Continue Washington, DC and Madison, WI – Today the Supreme Court ruled that the plaintiffs failed to…
League Calls on Congress to Defund Hate (Article) 6/18/2018 The League joined nearly 300 organizations calling on members of Congress to reduce funding for detentions and deportations and provide zero funding…, June 18, 2018 The Honorable Mitch McConnell Majority Leader 317 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Charles Schumer…
Washington Post: Efforts to limit partisan gerrymandering falter at Supreme Court (News Clips) 6/18/2018 This piece originally ran in the Washington Post. By Robert Barnes A decades-long effort to keep politicians from drawing district lines that…
LWV Ohio Joins Congressional District Lawsuit (Press Release) 5/23/2018 Columbus, OH - The League of Women Voters of Ohio today announced participation in a lawsuit challenging the state's U.S. congressional…
League Urges Bipartisan Committee to Continue to Demand Transparency on the 2020 Census (Blog) 5/18/2018 Will the 2020 Census include a question on citizenship? We sure hope not. The Census has not included a question about citizenship in nearly 70…, The actions of the Trump Administration with regards to voting rights are worrisome. Time and time again this administration has made moves to…
League Sends Letter to House Committee on Citizenship and the U.S. Census (Article) 5/10/2018 The League sent a letter to the U.S. House Oversight and Government Affairs Committee urging the committee to use its power and remove the…, May 10, 2018 To: Members of the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee From: Chris Carson, President Re: Remove the Citizenship…
League Commends Chairman Gowdy for Demanding DOJ Official Answer Census Citizenship Questions (Blog) 5/9/2018 Yesterday, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a hearing on the proposed inclusion of a citizenship question on the 2020 Census…
League Joins Groups Demanding Oversight Hearings on Census Citizenship Question (Article) 4/12/2018 The League joined over 300 civil rights, faith, and labor groups are calling on Congress to hold oversight hearings on Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross…
SCOTUS Hears Maryland Gerrymandering Case (Blog) 3/29/2018 This week the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Benisek v. Lamone, a case out of Maryland that argues politicians…