Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.
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| PART III, LINE 4A,B,C,D - STATEMENT OF PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS: | THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE UNITED STATES (LWVUS) ENCOURAGES INFORMED AND ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNMENT, WORKS TO INCREASE UNDERSTANDING OF MAJOR PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES, AND INFLUENCES PUBLIC POLICY THROUGH EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY. DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR FROM JULY 2019 THROUGH JUNE 2020, LWVUS INITIATED 39 ACTION ALERTS THAT YIELDED 262,872 LETTERS TO THE HILL AND GAINED 74,198 PETITION SIGNATURES SUPPORTING LWVUS MISSION PRIORITIES INCLUDING THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT, FOR THE PEOPLE ACT, COVID-19, THE JOHN LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT ACT, DC STATEHOOD, THE CENSUS, AND THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE. THE LEAGUE ALSO ENGAGED 129,720 NEW ACTIVISTS THROUGH OUR EFFORTS. IN THE FALL OF 2019, LWVUS LAUNCHED PEOPLE POWERED FAIR MAPS (PPFM), A NATIONAL REDISTRICTING PROGRAM FOCUSED ON CREATING FAIR POLITICAL MAPS NATIONWIDE IN ALL 50 STATES + D.C. THE PROGRAM EMERGED IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT RULING IN RUCHO V. LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF NORTH CAROLINA THAT NO FAIR TEST EXISTS FOR COURTS TO DETERMINE WHEN PARTISAN GERRYMANDERING HAS GONE TOO FAR. LWVUS LAUNCHED PEOPLE POWERED FAIR MAPS TO CREATE FAIR AND TRANSPARENT, PEOPLE-POWERED REDISTRICTING PROCESSES THAT ELIMINATE PARTISAN AND RACIAL GERRYMANDERING NATIONWIDE. IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE PPFM PROGRAM, THE LEAGUE HELD HUNDREDS OF CONVENINGS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WORKED WITH 55 REDISTRICTING CHAMPIONS NATIONWIDE TO BUILD EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT EVENTS, AND HELD A 3-DAY CONVENING WITH A LEAGUE REPRESENTATIVE FROM 48 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. THE LEAGUE ALSO ACHIEVED MANY OF THE YEAR 1 METRICS WHICH INCLUDED RECRUITING 3,675 REDISTRICTING VOLUNTEERS, HOLDING 1,121 REDISTRICTING EVENTS FOR THE PUBLIC, ENGAGED 635 PARTNERS TO SUPPORT REDISTRICTING EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT PLANNING, ATTENDED 1,537 STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, WORKED ON AND SUPPORTED 13 LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES THAT WERE INTRODUCED, FILED 5 REDISTRICTING-RELEVANT LAWSUITS DEALING PRIMARILY WITH BALLOT INITIATIVES FOR 2020, AND REACHED 141,208 INDIVIDUALS TO EDUCATE ABOUT REDISTRICTING. FOR THE U.S. SUPREME COURT TERM SPANNING THIS TIMEFRAME, LWVUS JOINED THREE HIGH-PROFILE CASES. IN THE CASE OF BOSTOCK V. CLAYTON COUNTY, ET AL, LWVUS JOINED MORE THAN 50 ORGANIZATIONS ON AN AMICUS BRIEF ...THE COURT SIDED WITH LWVUS, RULING GAY AND TRANSGENDER EMPLOYEES ARE PROTECTED UNDER TITLE VII. IN THE CASE OF DHS V. REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LWVUS JOINED 44 OTHER CIVIC-MINDED ORGANIZATIONS IN FILING AN AMICUS BRIEF IN THIS CASE SUING THE ADMINISTRATION OVER ITS DECISION TO END DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS (DACA). THE SUPREME COURT RULED IN OUR FAVOR, BLOCKING THE ADMINISTRATION'S ATTEMPT TO END DACA. FINALLY, LWVUS JOINED OTHER PROMINENT CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS ON AN AMICUS BRIEF IN THE CASE OF JUNE MEDICAL SERVICES V. RUSSO, URGING THE COURT TO STRIKE DOWN LOUISIANA'S ANTI-ABORTION LAW, WHICH THEY DID. WHEN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ARRIVED IN THE SPRING OF 2020 AND DISRUPTED THE PRIMARY ELECTION CYCLE, LWVUS INTERVENED TO ENSURE ALL VOTERS COULD SAFELY CAST THEIR BALLOTS AMID THE CORONAVIRUS. FROM MARCH THROUGH JUNE 2020 LWVUS AND STATE PARTNERS WERE PART OF 26 LAWSUITS ADDRESSING THE ENFORCEMENT OF BANS ON IN-PERSON VOTING, RESTRICTIVE ABSENTEE BALLOT REQUIREMENTS, FAILURE TO EXPAND VOTE-BY-MAIL OPPORTUNITIES, RIGID VOTER REGISTRATION AND BALLOT INITIATIVE DEADLINES, AND REFUSAL TO ENSURE THAT IN-PERSON VOTING IS SAFE FOR BOTH POLL WORKERS AND VOTERS. IN TOTAL, LWVUS ENGAGED IN MORE THAN 70 LAWSUITS BETWEEN JULY 2019 AND JUNE 2020 AND PROTECTED MORE THAN 5 MILLION VOTERS THROUGH SUCCESSFUL RULINGS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE TOPICS OF LITIGATION CENTERED AROUND THE CAMPAIGN FOR MAKING DEMOCRACY WORK INCLUDING VOTING RIGHTS, IMPROVING ELECTIONS, MONEY IN POLITICS, AND REDISTRICTING AND CENSUS. THE LEAGUE ALSO ENGAGED ON CLIMATE JUSTICE LITIGATION AS WELL SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS NOT YET AT VOTING AGE WHO LEVERAGED THE COURTS FOR CHANGE. APRIL 2020 KICKED OFF THE 2020 CENSUS AND LWVUS WAS A PARTNER OF THE CENSUS COUNTS CAMPAIGN, ENCOURAGING COMMUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN GET OUT THE COUNT ACTIVITIES. LEAGUES IN 15 STATES JOINED COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEES IN THEIR STATE AND NEARLY A DOZEN MEMBERS WERE APPOINTED TO INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMISSIONS IN THE RELEVANT STATES. LEAGUES ENGAGED IN A THREE-PHASED PLAN TO EDUCATE, GET-OUT-TO-COUNT, AND WATCHDOG ACTIVITIES RELATING TO CENSUS. NOTABLY, THE LEAGUE PARTICIPATED IN A CENSUS LAWSUIT TO SECURE AN ADDITIONAL 16 DAYS TO COUNT IN RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC AND THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU'S REQUEST FOR EXTENDED TIME TO COUNT. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LWVUS CONVENTION AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, LWVUS HOSTED A VIRTUAL LOBBY DAY ON JUNE 25. LEAGUE MEMBERS REACHED OUT TO SENATE OFFICES IN SUPPORT OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT ACT. THE LEAGUE HAD A TWO-HOUR LOBBY RUSH THAT RESULTED IN NEARLY 3,000 LETTERS TO THE HILL IN THAT PERIOD. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 4 | THERE WERE FOUR AMENDMENTS MADE TO THE BYLAWS OF THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE UNITED STATES AT THEIR BIENNIAL CONVENTION, WHICH WAS HELD IN JUNE 2020. THESE CHANGES INCLUDE: 1. CODIFYING THE ORGANIZATION'S DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION POLICY AS ONE ITS CORE POLICIES IN ARTICLE II. 2. ELIMINATING THE REQUIREMENT FOR LEAGUES TO PAY A FEE FOR STUDENT MEMBERS, WHICH REQUIRED LANGUAGE CHANGES IN ARTICLES III AND XIII. 3. CLARIFYING THE DISSOLUTION PROCESS FOR STATE AND LOCAL ENTITIES BY AMENDING ARTICLE VI. 4. DEFINING THE DUTIES OF BOARD MEMBERS BY AMENDING ARTICLE VIII. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 | THE LEAGUE HAS VOTING MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATE MEMBERS. VOTING MEMBERS ARE WOMEN AND MEN AT LEAST 16 YEARS OF AGE. ASSOCIATE MEMBERS ARE ALL OTHERS WHO JOIN THE LEAGUE. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A | THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SHALL CONSIST OF THE OFFICERS, EIGHT DIRECTORS ELECTED BY THE CONVENTION AND NOT MORE THAN EIGHT DIRECTORS APPOINTED BY THE ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THE CONVENTION IS MADE UP OF VOTING MEMBERS OF THE LEAGUE. DELEGATES TO THE CONVENTION ARE VOTING MEMBERS OF THE LEAGUE. EACH DELEGATE REPRESENTING A LEAGUE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO VOTE ONLY IF THAT LEAGUE HAS MET ITS PER MEMBER PAYMENT RESPONSIBILITIES. VOTING MEMBERS: WOMEN AND MEN AT LEAST 16 YEARS OF AGE WHO JOIN THE LEAGUE SHALL BE VOTING MEMBERS OF LOCAL LEAGUES, STATE LEAGUES AND OF THE LWVUS; (1) INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE WITHIN AN AREA OF A LOCAL LEAGUE MAY JOIN THAT LEAGUE OR ANY OTHER LOCAL LEAGUE; (2) THOSE WHO RESIDE OUTSIDE THE AREA OF ANY LOCAL LEAGUE MAY JOIN A LOCAL LEAGUE OR SHALL BE STATE MEMBERS-AT-LARGE; (3) THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN MEMBERS OF THE LEAGUE FOR 50 YEARS OR MORE SHALL BE LIFE MEMBERS EXCUSED FROM THE PAYMENT OF DUES. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7B | THE CONVENTION OF DELEGATES SHALL ADOPT A PROGRAM, ELECT OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS, ADOPT A BIENNIAL BUDGET. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B | THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER BEFORE SIGNING. THE 990 IS SENT TO THE BOARD PRIOR TO FILING. THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD REVIEWS THE FORM 990 WITH THE EXECUTIVE STAFF AFTER FILING. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C | THE LEAGUE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE STAFF ENSURE THAT ALL OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AND KEY EMPLOYEES SUBMIT WRITTEN CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENTS. THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER REVIEWS AND APPROVES ALL CONTRACTS AND PAYMENTS TO ENSURE THAT NO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST EXISTS. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 | THE BOARD DETERMINES THE GOALS OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER EACH YEAR. THE PRESIDENT CONDUCTS AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER BASED ON THESE GOALS, WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION. THE PRESIDENT USES THE RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL REVIEW, ALONG WITH INDEPENDENTLY PREPARED COMPARABILITY DATA TO DETERMINE THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S COMPENSATION, WHICH IS DOCUMENTED ON A PERSONNEL ACTION FORM. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 | THE LEAGUE POSTS COPIES OF ITS FORM 990S ON ITS PUBLIC WEBSITE AND ALSO MAKES THE FORMS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST BY EMAIL, MAIL, AND FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AT ITS OFFICE DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS. THE LEAGUE'S FORM 1024, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY FILED DURING THE 1920S, NO LONGER EXISTS. THE LEAGUE'S ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, BYLAWS, AND OTHER GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE LEAGUE'S WEBSITE: WWW.LWV.ORG. |
| FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G | OTHER FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 406,837. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 158,290. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 502,265. TOTAL EXPENSES 1,067,392. |
| FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C: | THE AUDIT OVERSIGHT PROCESS HAS REMAINED UNCHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. |
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