FY20 Litigation Wrap-Up: A Comprehensive Review of Cases Leagues Are Engaged in Across the Country (Article) 7/29/2020 BY THOMAS TAI 7/29/2020 COVID-19 has upended America’s election systems. With federal standards varying by state, the …
League Joins Statement Reaffirming Founding Principles of the United Nations as COVID Recovery Begins (Article) 6/3/2020 Last week, the League joined hundreds of other organizations calling on the United Nations to take robust action around COVID19 recover and response. The letter, written on behalf of the …
Spring 2020 Evaluation and Outcomes Intern (Article) 12/3/2019 Organizational Background The League of Women Voters of the United States (LWVUS) is a nonpartisan, community-based membership organization…
People Powered Fair Maps FAQ (Article) 9/5/2019 What is the goal of People Powered Fair MapsTM? The goal is to create fair and transparent, people-powered redistricting…
2019 Legal Fellowship—Voting Rights and Redistricting (Article) 8/15/2019 About LWVUS The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, that has fought for nearly 100 years to improve American systems of…
League Expresses Support for Removal of ERA Ratification Deadline (Article) 7/24/2019 In letters to the U.S. Senate and U.S. House, the League expressed support for joint resolutions that would remove the timeline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).
Legal Internships at LWV (Article) 7/18/2018 We are seeking legal interns to work with the Advocacy and Litigation department of our Washington, DC office on a variety of voting rights issues. Under the supervision of the Chief Counsel and the…
League Memo Urges Senators to Ask SCOTUS Nominee to Protect Democracy (Article) 7/17/2018 The League sent a memo to the U.S. Senate outlining four questions that should be asked of any U.S. Supreme Court nominee during the confirmation process.
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 for an unnecessary border wall.
League Joins Groups Demanding Oversight Hearings on Census Citizenship Question (Article) 4/12/2018 The League joined letters calling on the committees of jurisdiction in the U.S. Senate and House to address the inclusion of a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.