LWVUS supports Youth Voting Rights Act (Legal Document) 7/26/2022 The League sent a letter to the US Senate urging them to pass the Youth Voting Rights Act as a measure to support eligible young voters’ access to the ballot.
Voter advocates file complaint against Tippecanoe County election board (News Clips) 7/21/2022 This article was originally published in the Lafayette Journal & Courier. LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The League of Women Voters of Greater Lafayette, along with Common Cause Indiana, filed an…
LWVUS Welcomes Director Santos to the Census Bureau (Legal Document) 6/28/2022 The League reached out to welcome Director Santos who was confirmed to the Census Bureau earlier this year. Census work is incredibly important to our democracy.
League Of Women Voters Registers Nearly 1,200 Area High School Students (News Clips) 4/4/2022 The League of Women Voters of Chattanooga announces they have registered nearly 1,200 new voters across Hamilton County high schools in recent months. The total comes as the deadline to register…
LWVUS joins partners asking OMB to revise standards for federal data on race and ethnicity (Legal Document) 3/4/2022 LWVUS joined partners on a letter asking the Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget to move forward with revising the standards for federal data on race and ethnicity.
League of Women Voters of the United States v. Newby (also known as League of Women Voters of the United States v. Harrington) (Legal Case) 9/16/2021 The League of Women Voters of the United States, along with Alabama, Georgia, and Kansas state Leagues, filed a lawsuit opposing a US Election Assistance Commission action to allow three states to…
How LWV Supports the Census (Blog) 9/13/2021 On September 16, 2021, the U.S. Census Bureau will deliver their final resources to states to use for redistricting. The delivery of this final set of …
Enhanced Privacy Protections Delay the Release of Census Data (Blog) 8/11/2021 In 2020, we experienced significant delays in the receipt of census data. This is largely due to an updated privacy protection model, which ensures greater confidentiality for respondents while…
Stringer v. Hughs (Legal Case) 8/4/2021 LWV of Texas filed a federal lawsuit to require Texas to allow online voter registration through the Department of Public Safety’s website
Texas Voters Win as Motor Voter Lawsuit Is Settled (Press Release) 8/3/2021 After more than five years of court battles, a settlement has been reached in litigation brought by Texas voters, the League of Women Voters of Texas and MOVE Texas against the state of Texas…