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League Sends Letter to President Trump Regarding Census Bureau Director (Legal Document)

The League joined 168 national, state and local organizations in urging the President to nominate a highly qualified and widely respected professional to serve as the next Director of the U.S. Census Bureau.

League Sends Memo to U.S. House on Census Citizenship Question (Legal Document)

The League sent a memo to the U.S.  House regarding the citizenship question on the U.S. Census.

League Submits Comments Regarding Citizenship on 2020 Census (Legal Document)

The League submitted organizational comments regarding the inclusion of the citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

Supreme Court Upholds Exclusion of Citizenship Question in 2020 Census (Press Release)

Today, the Supreme Court ruled in Department of Commerce v. New York that a citizenship question in the U.S. Census report cannot proceed. LWVNY was one of the several plaintiffs.

Federal Judge Blocks Efforts to Shorten Census Timeline (Press Release)

A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order in National Urban League v. Ross against the winding down of in-person counting for the 2020 Census.

Civil Rights Groups, Civic Organizations, and Local Governments Sue to Protect the Census Timeline (Press Release)

LWVUS and partners filed a lawsuit challenging the federal government’s decision to rush the Census counting period to a close amid a national public health emergency.

LWVUS Urges Congress to Fund 2020 Census (Article)

The League joined the Census Project and other national and state organizations calling for full funding of the 2020 Census in the FY20 appropriations bills. 

U.S. Supreme Court Considers the Idea of Representation (Blog)

Evenwel v. Abbott, a case out of Texas, has the potential to upset the criteria for drawing state and local legislative districts so that they would be determined by the total number of voters instead of total population. The League submitted an amicus brief in Evenwel that supports the current practice of drawing district lines.

Judge Rules That Census Must Not be Rushed in Victory for Civil Rights Groups, Civic Organizations, and Local Governments (Press Release)

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ordered the Trump administration to halt its rush to end the 2020 Census, extending deadline for counting to October 31. 

League Sends Letter to House Committee on Citizenship and the U.S. Census (Article)

The League sent a letter to the U.S. House Oversight and Government Affairs Committee urging the committee to use its power and remove the citizenship question from the 2020 Census.