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The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) on December 9, 2024, approved a motion directing staff to conduct public opinion polling on three scenarios for a potential 2026 transportation tax measure.

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With much sadness, the community of the League of Women Voters of the Bay Area, LWV San Jose/Santa Clara, and LWV Santa Clara County share the news about our dear friend and colleague Roma Dawson. Roma succumbed to cancer on December 6, 2025.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The US Supreme Court should strike down President Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship, according to an amicus brief filed by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Howard University School of Law’s Civil Rights Clinic on behalf of the NAACP, the League of Women Voters, Equal Justice Society, the National Urban League, and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.  

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The League of Women Voters of the United States responds to reports that the President is preparing an executive order to impose federal control over American elections.

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The American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire and League of Women Voters of New Hampshire plan to submit an amicus brief opposing the Trump administration’s lawsuit seeking access to New Hampshire’s statewide voter registration lists.

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As we step into primary season in a pivotal year for our nation, where does our democracy stand? LWV CEO Celina Stewart, Esq., shares her thoughts.