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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 Urges Senators to Vote No on Motion to Proceed to JUSTICE Act (Legal Document)

6/23/2020

The League joined allies on a letter urging Senators to vote NO on a motion to proceed to the JUSTICE Act.

Juneteenth: A Celebration of Emancipation and Black Liberation (Blog)

6/19/2020

Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States, and just one of several “Emancipation Days” observed by Black diasporic communities in…

Mashable: Coronavirus has pushed activism indoors. Here's how major groups are adapting. (News Clips)

4/7/2020

Organizations give insights on how they are continuing advocacy work amid the coronavirus outbreak.

DC Statehood Finally Gets its Day on Capitol Hill (Blog)

9/16/2019

On Thursday, September 19th, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform Committee will hold the first hearing on DC statehood in more than a quarter-century.

The League Joins Partners in Solidarity and Action Statement Against White Supremacy (Press Release)

8/6/2019

In the aftermath of the tragic mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, LWV joins our partner organizations in condemning white supremacy and demanding real reform to combat hate.

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 Supports Passage of HR8, the Bipartisan Background Check Act (Legal Document)

2/27/2019

The League of Women Voters joined the Brady Campaign and other groups to support HR8 in the U.S. House.

Glamour: Virginia Kase's Midterm Plan: Make It Easier for Women to Vote (News Clips)

7/2/2018

Incoming CEO Virginia Kase told Glamour her vision for the League: Helping as many Americans as possible exercise their right to vote.

The Charlotte Observer: With Kennedy gone from Supreme Court, what's next for NC gerrymandering case? (News Clips)

6/29/2018

The League of Women Voters of North Carolina is a plaintiff in a case challenging the state's 13 congressional districts as extreme unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders.