Leading with advocacy, public education, and organizing to create fair, transparent, people- powered processes and eliminate partisan and racial gerrymandering in states during the 2021 redistricting process.  People Powered Fair Maps™ is the League’s national redistricting program focused on creating fair political maps in all 50 states and D.C. Since 2019, People Powered Fair Maps...Continue Reading

On May 21st it was announced that funding for the New York State Independent Redistricting Commission was finally released. Although the funding had been appropriated in the state budget in early April, it took over a month for the funds to actually be released to the Commission. In early May, the League partnered with 23...Continue Reading

All 50 state Leagues and the District of Columbia League have joined the new LWVUS People Powered Maps Campaign to ensure fair representation across the country. On June 27, 2019, the Supreme Court abdicated its role deciding cases involving partisan gerrymandering with three decisions (including Rucho v. League of Women Voters of North Carolina). This...Continue Reading

To further our efforts on this crucial representation issue, the League has joined up with three other organizations and named ourselves,  Nassau County United Redistricting Coalition (“Coalition”), an independent non-partisan coalition co-founded by LatinoJustice, Common  Cause New York, La Fuente, and, the League of Women Voters of Nassau County; we have also developed and launched the...Continue Reading

Common Cause/NY La Fuente-Long Island Civic Participation Project Latino Justice PRLDEF League of Women Voters of Nassau County Long Island Civic Engagement Table Nassau County Chapter of the New York Civil Liberties UnionContinue Reading

Thank you for everything all of you did this fall to register voters, distribute voters guides, organize Vote 411 and hold candidate forums for the general election. We also very much appreciate your help and support in our successful effort to pass Proposal 1 on the ballot, reforming how redistricting is done in this state....Continue Reading

Posted on March 28, 2014  by admin Posted in Uncategorized Non-partisan Coalition in Talks with Republicans, Democrats to Craft Legislation Putting Voters at Heart of Process Chants of “Put voters first!” and “Si se puede!” (“Yes we can!”) filled the Nassau County legislature on Monday, as over 40 voters and supporters of the Nassau United Redistricting Coalition rallied outside and...Continue Reading

March 24, 2014 — Coalition Rallies at Legislature Posted on March 28, 2014  by admin Posted in Uncategorized Non-partisan Coalition in Talks with Republicans, Democrats to Craft Legislation Putting Voters at Heart of Process Chants of “Put voters first!” and “Si se puede!” (“Yes we can!”) filled the Nassau County legislature on Monday, as over 40 voters and supporters of...Continue Reading

Gerrymandering Grand Prix NASSAU COUNTY GERRYMANDERING GRAND PRIX On March 23rd, 2014, the Nassau County United Redistricting Coalition rallied for the first ever “Gerrymandering Grand Prix,” a guided caravan tour of the zany borders of gerrymandered Nassau County Legislature districts. Standing at the starting point in Roslyn near the intersection of five different districts (9,...Continue Reading