LWV's Work with Urgent Social Justice Issues (Blog) 5/22/2024 To achieve a democracy where every person has the desire, the right, the knowledge, and the confidence to participate, LWV advocates on issues like voting rights and “urgent issues." Urgent…
LWVUS Joins Letter Urging President to Remove Anti-abortion Weldon Amendment from FY25 Budget (Legal Document) 2/1/2024 The League signed onto a letter to the President urging him to ensure that the Weldon Amendment is not included in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget. The Weldon Amendment is an appropriations rider…
LWVUS Urges Congress to Reject Appropriations Riders Restricting Reproductive or Gender-affirming Health Care (Legal Document) 9/29/2023 The League of Women Voters of the United States joined a sign-on letter urging Congress to reject any appropriations bills that contained riders restricting access to essential health care including…
LWVUS Joins Letter in Opposition to Reducing Scale of Census Survey (Legal Document) 9/18/2023 The League joined 34 other organizations in urging the Census Bureau to reconsider its recommendation to reduce the sample size used in the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).
LWVUS Advocates for Election Funding (Legal Document) 8/10/2023 The League of Women Voters of the United States sent a letter to Congress in support of the Senate’s proposed $75 million appropriation for the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) Security Grants in…
Ohio's fight over State Issue 1 just one part of a larger national battle over ballot issues (News Clips) 6/5/2023 This story was originally published by cleveland.com Ohio is teed up for a political fight over ballot initiatives this summer, after Republican Ohio lawmakers voted last month to set an Aug. 8…
STATEHOUSE: League of Women Voters' Emporia Branch begins second year of vote-tracking effort (News Clips) 1/16/2023 This story was originally published by KVOE. The League of Women Voters’ Emporia branch will be busy the next few months. Why, you might ask? It’s tracking votes for lawmakers representing Lyon…
League Joins letter to Biden Administration following Summit for Democracy (Legal Document) 1/31/2022 The League joined over 80 major organizations calling on the Biden Administration to involve civil society organizations in the Summit for Democracy’s Year of Action and 2022 in-person Summit.
League Opposes Anti-Home-Rule Riders on the Fiscal Year 2022 D.C. Appropriations Bill (Legal Document) 6/29/2021 The League joined DC Vote in asking the House and Senate appropriations committees to oppose amendments to the District of Columbia FY 2022 Appropriations.
USA TODAY: Postal Service Warns States: Some Absentee, Mail-in Ballots May Not Be Delivered in Time to Be Counted (News Clips) 8/14/2020 The US Postal Service warns states that some absentee ballots may not be delivered.