League Urges Support for HR1 Companion in U.S. Senate (Legal Document) 2/27/2019 The League sent a memo to the U.S. Senate urging members to support and co-sponsor a companion bill to HR1, the For the People Act.
League Urges Support of HR1 and Opposition to Tactics to Weaken Bill (Legal Document) 2/28/2019 The League of Women Voters strongly urges members of the U.S. House to vote for HR1, the For the People Act.
League of Women Voters Urges Support for HR1, Opposition for Weakening Amendments (Legal Document) 3/5/2019 The League of Women Voters sent a statement for the record in support of HR1.
League Files Brief in Rucho v. Common Cause at Supreme Court (Legal Document) 3/5/2019 The League filed an amicus brief in Rucho v. Common Cause at the U.S. Supreme Court. The League's case, Rucho v. LWVNC, is combined with this case.
League Endorses SHIELD Act (Legal Document) 10/23/2019 The League joined a letter to U.S. House members urging support for HR 4617, the SHIELD Act.
League Continues Demand for COVID-19 Relief Package in Congress (Legal Document) 10/13/2020 The League sent a memo to all members of the U.S. House and Senate asking them to prioritize a COVID-19 relief package to aid American families during the ongoing pandemic.
League Urges U.S. Senate to Extend Census Deadlines (Legal Document) 11/4/2020 The League joined coalition partners in urging the U.S. Senate to extend statutory reporting deadlines for apportionment and redistricting data, to give the U.S. Census Bureau sufficient time to…
League Urges U.S. Senate to Extend Census Reporting Deadlines (Legal Document) 11/19/2020 LWVUS is urging Congress to extend the statutory reporting deadlines that the U.S. Census must follow when sending apportionment numbers to the President and sending redistricting data to the states.
League Affirms Support for the For the People Act in 117th Congress (Legal Document) 11/23/2020 LWVUS sent a letter to Senate and House leadership outlining our continued support for the legislation commonly referred to as HR1 or the For the People Act.
LWV urges President Biden to rescind Executive Order 13380 and cease the creation of a citizenship database (Legal Document) 1/20/2021 LWV joined other census and redistricting champions in calling for the recission of EO 13380, which mandated the Census Bureau creation of a block-level citizenship database.