League in Action and Advocacy
Our Executive Director, Beth Tudan, made the cover of NPR! (At least her arm, raised in defiance, did) See www.npr.org/2020/04/19/836260800/expert-warns-of-real-festival-of-partisan-gerrymandering-in-2021 — at Supreme Court of the United States.
LWVFA thanks the Fairfax Delegation to the General Assembly for its historic legislative Session
The League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area thanked the Fairfax delegation to the General Assembly for its historic legislative session and leadership during the pandemic. The state legislature adopted our highest priority issues, many of which the League has advocated for several decades.
Read our statement in the Connection Newspapers or 2020 Historic Session in the General Assembly Passing Many of the League’s priorities, including the ERA, voting reforms, and gun violence prevention
LWVFA’s Fight for Redistricting Reform
Watch the LWVFA Redistricting Forum.
Virginia’s Legislature Will Tackle Gerrymandering In The New Year via WAMU
Watch the LWVFA Redistricting Forum with Delegate Ken Plum
– Inside Scoop
An interview about the League’s fight for non-partisan redistricting
Voting
Settlement exempts Va. voters from having witness to absentee ballots for June primary
LWV-VA sues Virginia sued over witness requirement for absentee ballots during the Pandemic
Absentee voting in Virginia local elections heavy amid pandemic, possible move to November
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: League of Women Voters Supports No-Excuse Absentee Voting
ERA
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: State Must Ratify ERA
Virginia’s hopes of ERA ratification go down in flames this year
Meals Tax
Debating Pro & Con on Meals Tax: League of Women Voters hosts forum on Meals Tax issue.
