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.
League of Women Voters Supports the For the People Act in the Senate (Press Release) 3/27/2019 This bill will make elections fairer and put power back in the hands of the American people.
League of Women Voters Applauds House of Representatives for Passing the For the People Act (Press Release) 3/8/2019 LWV Urges Senate Leaders to Vote on This Essential Bill WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed…
LWVMD Joins Civil Society Amicus Brief for SCOTUS Gerrymandering Case (Press Release) 3/8/2019 The League of Women Voters of Maryland joined a brief filed with the United States Supreme Court challenging political gerrymanders.
League of Women Voters Statement on President Trump’s Emergency Order to Build a Border Wall (Press Release) 2/15/2019 The League of Women Voters CEO Virginia Kase issued the following statement following President Trump's declaration of a national emergency.
LWV Texas Joins Lawsuit to Combat Voter Suppression (Press Release) 2/5/2019 AUSTIN & WASHINGTON – Monday the League of Women Voters of Texas joined a lawsuit against the Texas Secretary of State’s office after false…
