League Continues Push for Elections Funding (Legal Document) 7/16/2020 The League sent a letter urging U.S. Senators to include $3.6 billion in funding for elections in the next stimulus package.
League Calls on Senate Rules Committee to Fund Elections (Legal Document) 7/21/2020 The League has joined a letter addressing the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, urging the Senate to make additional investments in state and local elections.
League Joins Letter in Honoring Legacy of Congressman John Lewis (Legal Document) 7/28/2020 With the recent passing of Congressman John Lewis, the League has signed onto a letter through the Leadership Conference, asking members of Congress to honor his legacy by passing the Voting Rights…
LWVUS Joins Partners in Urging US House to Support HR4 (Legal Document) 8/23/2021 The League joined 200 organizations urging Representatives to support HR4, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
League Supports Protect Our Democracy Act (Legal Document) 9/23/2021 The League joined nearly 160 groups supporting the Protect Our Democracy Act (PODA).
League Urges Senate to Vote Yes on Freedom to Vote Act (Legal Document) 9/23/2021 In a memo to the US Senate, LWV urged Senators to support passage of the Freedom to Vote Act.
League Supports Cloture Vote on John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (Legal Document) 11/3/2021 LWVUS joined the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights calling on the US Senate to move the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act forward for debate.
League of Women Voters of Georgia submits written statement to GA field hearing (Legal Document) 7/17/2021 The Senate committee on Rules and Administration held a voting rights field hearing in Atlanta, GA.
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.
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