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.
LWVUS Urges Administration to Pause Removal of Haitians Seeking Asylum (Legal Document) 9/24/2021 The League joined partners sending a letter to President Biden urging the immediate pause of the removal of Haitians to Haiti.
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
League Submits Statement to US Senate in Support of DC Statehood (Legal Document) 6/22/2021 The League of Women Voters sent a statement for the record to the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee in advance of their hearing on DC Statehood.
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 Voting Rights…
League Opposes Anti-Home-Rule Riders on the Fiscal Year 2022 D.C. Appropriations Bill (Legal Document) 6/29/2021 The League joined DC Vote in asking the House and Senate appropriations committees to oppose amendments to the District of Columbia FY 2022 Appropriations.
LWVUS Urges House and Senate to Remove Ratification Deadline on the Equal Rights Amendment (Legal Document) 1/7/2020 LWVUS sent a letter to leadership in the U.S. House and Senate urging them to remove the ratification deadline on the Equal Rights Amendment.