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ABC News: Groups answer Supreme Court with million-dollar push to counter gerrymandering (News Clips)

9/5/2019

This story was originally published by ABC News. After a setback at the Supreme Court earlier this year, advocates for what they see as…

People Powered Fair Maps FAQ (Article)

9/5/2019

What is the goal of People Powered Fair MapsTM? The goal is to create fair and transparent, people-powered redistricting…

The Hill: This Women's Equality Day, stop romanticizing the 19th Amendment (News Clips)

8/26/2019

Opinion piece from LWV CEO Virginia Kase on what it means to celebrate the passage of the 19th Amendment 99 years later.

2019 Legal Fellowship—Voting Rights and Redistricting (Article)

8/15/2019

About LWVUS The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, that has fought for nearly 100 years to improve American systems of…

LWVUS to U.S. House: Restore the Voting Rights Act (Legal Document)

8/14/2019

LWVUS seeks to find common ground with lawmakers as H.R. 4, the Voting Rights Advancement Act moves forward in Committee this fall.

LWVUS Sends letter of Support for H.R. 1923 (Legal Document)

8/14/2019

LWVUS sent Congresswoman Barbara Lee a formal letter supporting H.R. 1923, the Women’s History and Nineteenth Amendment Centennial Quarter Dollar Coin Program Act.

ERA Briefing Brings Together Senators and Activists (Blog)

8/8/2019

With just one more state needed to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, we are closer than ever to ensuring that equal rights for all are guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution.

League Expresses Support for Removal of ERA Ratification Deadline (Article)

7/24/2019

In letters to the U.S. Senate and U.S. House, the League expressed support for joint resolutions that would remove the timeline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).

Phone Banking for DC Statehood (Blog)

7/23/2019

With a population of over 700,000 who pay more federal income tax per-capita than any other citizen of any other state, it would make sense for DC citizens to have their own state.

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.