League Demands Funding for Elections in COVID-19 Stimulus Package (Press Release) 3/25/2020 The League calls on Congress to include at least $2 billion for election funding in COVID-19 (cornoavirus) stimulus package
LWV Ohio Files Amicus Brief in Ohio Primary Election Case (Press Release) 3/24/2020 The League of Women Voters of Ohio filed an amicus brief in the case Ex Rel. Ohio Democratic Party v. Frank LaRose. The case concerns when and how to conduct Ohio’s rescheduled primary election in…
LWV Files Lawsuit to Protect Next Generation from Damaging Effects of Climate Change (Press Release) 3/12/2020 Today the League of Women Voters of the United States filed an amicus brief in Juliana v. US, a case that challenges the government’s lack of climate change action and the impact it will have on…
League of Women Voters of Texas Files Lawsuit Demanding Online Motor Voter Registration (Press Release) 1/15/2020 LWV of Texas filed a federal lawsuit claiming that the state violates the National Voter Registration Act by not providing voter registration with driver’s license applications online.
League to Host 500 Events on National Voter Registration Day (Press Release) 9/23/2019 On National Voter Registration Day (NVRD), the League will host more than 500 voter registration events in local communities.
LWV Texas Joins North Carolina Redistricting Case (Press Release) 9/13/2019 LWV Texas and other partners joined North Carolina redistricting case Common Cause v. Lewis as amici curiae.
National Leaders to Receive Hispanic Heritage Award for Leadership at Kennedy Center Oct. 1 (Press Release) 8/28/2019 Girl Scouts’ Sylvia Acevedo, YWCA’s Alejandra Y. Castillo, League of Women Voters’ Virginia Kase, and Justice for Migrant Women’s Mónica Ramírez to…
Supreme Court Upholds Exclusion of Citizenship Question in 2020 Census (Press Release) 6/27/2019 Today, the Supreme Court ruled in Department of Commerce v. New York that a citizenship question in the U.S. Census report cannot proceed. LWVNY was one of the several plaintiffs.
League of Women Voters Launches Nationwide Ad Campaign Supporting For the People Act (Press Release) 4/26/2019 Following the introduction of the For the People Act in the Senate, we launched a nationwide campaign to promote a hearing on the bill. We published newspaper ads and wrote postcards to Senators.
LWV Celebrates Settlement to Reverse Discriminatory Voter Purge (Press Release) 4/26/2019 The League of Women Voters of Texas and other civil rights groups reached a settlement with Texas state officials today to end the discriminatory purging of the state’s voter rolls.