4 Key Elements of HR1 (Blog) 12/11/2018 Congress could make history with HR1, a comprehensive package of democracy reforms. We have been working to ensure that it strengthens voting rights.
Five Years Since Shelby County v. Holder: Where Do We Stand Now? (Blog) 6/21/2018 Shelby County v. Holder was a landmark case addressing the constitutionality of two provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Here's what's happened in the five years since the case was decided.
League Urges Bipartisan Committee to Continue to Demand Transparency on the 2020 Census (Blog) 5/18/2018 The U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee continues to explore the proposal of a question related to citizenship on the 2020 Census.
League Commends Chairman Gowdy for Demanding DOJ Official Answer Census Citizenship Questions (Blog) 5/9/2018 It is up to Congress to exercise oversight authority over the Census Bureau and remove the citizenship question from the 2020 Census.
Voting Rights Advocates Rally on Capitol Hill (Blog) 6/29/2017 Last Thursday, League interns Allie Claman and Audra Brulc attended the
Voting Rights Act Marks 51st Anniversary (Blog) 8/5/2016 August 6 marks the 51st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). Here at LWVUS, we are taking the day to celebrate our recent voting rights victories and recommit to our important work on voting…
The State of Voting Rights in 2016 (Blog) 7/12/2016 June 25th marked the third anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision Shelby County v. Holder and civil rights and voting rights groups participated in a panel on Capitol Hill to highlight the…
TAKE ACTION: Repair the Voting Rights Act (Blog) 6/24/2016 June 25 marks the three-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision to gut key provisions of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). We’ve had three years of bad laws that make voting harder in states all…
League Members to Lobby Congress on Voting Rights (Blog) 6/15/2016 Hundreds of League members from around the country will be lobbying their U.S. Senators and Representatives on Capitol Hill to advocate for the Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA).
What’s Happening in the States? A Voters’ Rights Legislative Round-up (Blog) 5/12/2016 Action on voting rights in 2016 looks very similar to last year. On the whole, states are passing less restrictive election laws, and even better, more and more states are reforming their election…