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In addition to all the successes of our election this year, we have a very special success to celebrate: we have a woman ready to take her rightful place in the White House. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is prepared to be the first woman to ascend to one of the highest offices in our country. It has been a long time coming, America. 

This case involves the question of whether the President can exclude undocumented immigrants from the state-population totals from the 2020 Census that are used for apportionment. 

LWV of the United States and the Leagues of California, Florida, and Texas filed an amicus brief in New York v. Trump, a case which challenges President Trump’s executive order to block undocumented individuals from being counted in the U.S. Census.

Virginia Kase shares three things about the Electoral College.

Democracy defines America, and democracy has prevailed in the 2020 elections.

LWV of Pennsylvania and partners filed an amicus brief in Hamm v. Boockvar, a case that challenges the state’s practice of notifying voters whose ballots have signature errors and allowing them to cast a provisional ballot. 

The Electoral College has been a part of our democratic process since the start, but what does it really do and what can we expect this year? Here is what you should know.

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 thoroughly implement complex data processing activities and complete the most accurate 2020 Census possible.

The League joined a letter for Rep. Pressley’s bill which refocuses federal funds towards school counselors, nurses, and social workers.

The US Supreme Court heard arguments in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, a case that could allow private agencies to deny taxpayer-funded public services to people who are LGBTQ+, Jewish, Muslim, or Mormon—as well as to discriminate in adoption and foster care placement.