League Lobby Corps Urges Support for HR1 (Legal Document) 1/16/2019 Members of the LWVUS Lobby Corps visited members of the U.S. House urging them to support HR1, the For the People Act.
League joins over 600 Organizations urging support for bold climate action (Legal Document) 1/10/2019 League urges Congress to propose bold legislation addressing climate change.
League Urges House and Senate to Re-Open the Government (Legal Document) 1/23/2019 The League sent a memo to the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate urging them to re-open the government.
League Joins Joint Statement to House Judiciary Committee in Support of HR1 (Legal Document) 1/29/2019 The League and members of the Declaration for American Democracy Coalition sent a joint statement from diverse groups to the Senate Judiciary Committee in support of HR1, the For the People Act.
New York Times: Ohio Was Set to Purge 235,000 Voters. It Was Wrong About 20%. (News Clips) 10/14/2019 Jen Miller, LWV of Ohio Executive Director, found her own voter status at risk of illegitimate purging, along with over 200,000 others. LWVOH contacted voters to inform them of their status.
At Long Last, Voting Rights Act Restoration to Get a Vote on House Floor (Blog) 11/14/2019 Legislation that responds to the Shelby decision will now come to the floor of the U.S. House. H.R. 4, the Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA), has broad support from civil rights and voting rights…
SCOTUS Hearing on the Rescission of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) (Blog) 11/20/2019 On November 12, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a trio of cases suing the administration over its decision to end DACA.
To Avoid Voter Confidence Erosion, Ensure Election Security (Blog) 11/22/2019 LWVCT's Carol Reimers joined CT SOS Denise Merrill, Rep. Jim Himes, & UConn Center for Voting Tech.'s Alex Russell to raise awareness on election security.
League Urges Congress to Vote Yes for H.R. 4, Voting Rights Advancement Act (Article) 12/4/2019 The League joined the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights on a letter sent to the U.S. House of Representatives in favor of final passage of H.R. 4, the Voting Rights Advancement Act.
2019 Roundup: Defending Democracy Through Litigation (Blog) 1/3/2020 Throughout 2019 the League defended democracy in the courts on issues relating to voting rights, redistricting, money in politics, and improving elections.