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LWVUS Urges Complete Census Data Collection (Legal Document)

11/14/2024

LWVUS joined coalition partners in urging the Census Bureau to conduct small-scale testing for collecting home addresses to count incarcerated people at home.

LWVUS Welcomes Director Santos to the Census Bureau (Legal Document)

6/28/2022

The League reached out to welcome Director Santos who was confirmed to the Census Bureau earlier this year. Census work is incredibly important to our democracy.

How Citizen's United Will Affect the 2022 Midterms (Blog)

1/21/2022

Campaign finance laws continue to empower corporations and the super-rich, making it difficult for the rest of the country to make their voices heard.

How LWV Supports the Census (Blog)

9/13/2021

On September 16, 2021, the U.S. Census Bureau will deliver their final resources to states to use for redistricting. The delivery of this final set of …

Enhanced Privacy Protections Delay the Release of Census Data (Blog)

8/11/2021

In 2020, we experienced significant delays in the receipt of census data. This is largely due to an updated privacy protection model, which ensures greater confidentiality for respondents while…

League Joins Call to Support the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (Legal Document)

6/8/2021

The League joined a letter led by the Leadership Conference in support of two critical pieces of legislation needed to protect the freedom to vote: For the People Act and the John Lewis…

League urges support for S.1267 the Bipartisan 2020 Census Deadline Extensions Act (Legal Document)

6/1/2021

LWVUS with over 100 organizations urges Senators to cosponsor the bipartisan 2020 Census Deadline Extensions Act to extend the deadlines for delivering apportionment and redistricting data

How the Census Affects Your Political Representation (Blog)

5/5/2021

Last week, the U.S. Census Bureau released its first set of data from the 2020 Census — and as a result, several states gained or lost representation in Congress.

League Joins Statement on Appropriate Data for Redistricting (Legal Document)

4/30/2021

LWVUS joined a statement by Advancing Justice, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and National Conference on Citizenship to warn inappropriate data for redistricting.

Civil Rights Groups, Civic Organizations, Tribal and Local Governments Secure Broad Resolution in Census Lawsuit (Press Release)

4/22/2021

Stipulated dismissal guarantees Census Bureau will not release rushed apportionment numbers, will not provide states with data to exclude noncitizens from redistricting, and will continue to provide…