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Are you ready for upcoming elections? (Blog)

10/16/2019

As you think about your plan for voting this year—whether you take advantage of early and absentee voting opportunities in your state, or you vote on Election Day November 5th—I hope you will…

The Pitch: Lawsuit alleges Jay Ashcroft wrote intentionally deceptive ballot language for voter reform initiatives (News Clips)

8/16/2019

A St. Louis attorney who filed a slate of voter reform petitions in Missouri is suing Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, alleging that Ashcroft “intentionally cherry-picked portions of the initiative…

Daily Herald: Voter leagues helping DuPage clerk prepare for potentially historic turnout in 2020 (News Clips)

8/8/2019

Leagues in Illinois are mobilizing to recruit polling station judges needed to run elections in 2020. All seven League of Women Voters chapters in DuPage County are helping the clerk's…

NPR: Some Fear Undercount As Texas Decides Not To Spend Money On 2020 Census (News Clips)

7/16/2019

Officials at the state level in Texas have decided not to spend any money on the 2020 census, even though in the past 10 years the population of Texas has grown massively. So business leaders, large…

Truthout: 15 States Have Already Taken Steps to Make the Electoral College Obsolete (News Clips)

7/15/2019

Momentum is growing among state legislatures to award electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote. LWV National Popular Vote Taskforce Chair Toni Zimmer contributes.

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 …

Administration’s Action to Bypass the Supreme Court’s Ruling is a Threat to Democracy (Press Release)

7/11/2019

Highest Court Decision to Exclude Citizenship Question Must Be Protected WASHINGTON – Ahead of an expected White House announcement…

League Celebrates 2020 Census Will Not Include a Citizenship Question (Press Release)

7/2/2019

Late Tuesday the Trump Administration announced the 2020 Census forms will be printed without a citizenship question. The announcement came days after the Supreme Court blocked the question.

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.

Department of Commerce v. New York (Legal Case)

6/27/2019

A coalition of states, cities, and organizations challenged the Department of Commerce’s addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census