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Unconstitutional Executive Order Targets Immigrants and Damages Redistricting (Press Release)

7/22/2020

The President’s proposal to exclude immigrants in the 2021 redistricting cycle is unconstitutional and unconscionable.

League of Women Voters Education Fund receives $150,000 from Craig Newmark Philanthropies (Press Release)

7/17/2020

WASHINGTON – The League of Women Voters Education Fund received a grant of $150,000 from Craig Newmark Philanthropies to support the League’s…

League Files Lawsuit to Correct Error-Prone Ballot Verification Process in New York (Press Release)

7/8/2020

LWVUS and LWV of New York State filed a federal lawsuit to ensure absentee voters have the opportunity to cure their ballots for the remaining 2020 election cycle.

Nevada Signature Collection Deadline Extended due to COVID-19 (Press Release)

6/2/2020

A federal judge ruled that the deadline to collect signatures should be extended for Fair Maps Nevada’s ballot initiative petition due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Testimony by Virginia Kase on Voting Rights And Election Administration In America (Press Release)

10/17/2019

The League of Women Voters CEO Virginia Kase, testified before the U.S. House Committee on House Administration, Subcommittee on Elections on Thursday, October 17, 2019.

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.

LWV Launches National Redistricting Campaign (Press Release)

9/5/2019

People Powered Fair MapsTM Will Create Fair Redistricting Across America WASHINGTON – Today, the League of Women Voters…

Census Moves Forward Without Citizenship Question (Press Release)

7/12/2019

Now that the threat of a citizenship question on the Census appears to have ended, the focus must turn toward ensuring the 2020 Census is conducted …

Supreme Court Declines to Set a Standard to Rein in Partisan Gerrymandering (Press Release)

6/27/2019

Today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in Rucho v. League of Women Voters of North Carolina that no fair test exists for courts to determine when partisan gerrymandering has gone too…

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.