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Public Statement

The League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania applauds today’s landmark decision by the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court in favor of the League of Women Voters of PA, and other nonpartisan community organizations, which will put an end to the disqualification of mail-in ballots for inconsequential date errors on the declaration envelope.

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The League started Pride month by participating in the West Hollywood Pride, WEHO, with the icon Cyndi Lauper, encouraging parade attendees to make a plan to vote using VOTE411.org. 

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This story was originally published in News Now Warsaw on June 19, 2024.

A new group is working to revive efforts to establish a League of Women Voters chapter in Kosciusko County, Indiana.

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Young voters are becoming a force in American politics, and as a result, anti-voter state legislatures are going to great lengths to add hurdles for young voters.

In spite of these barriers, young voters are energetic, organized, and ready to make their voices heard.

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This story was originally published in Votebeat Texas on June 13, 2024. 

A coalition of watchdog and voter advocacy groups asked the U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday to use “all available legal authorities” to protect the secrecy of ballots after Votebeat and The Texas Tribune confirmed that the private choices some voters make in the voting booth can in some instances be identified using public, legally available records.

The advocacy groups said the ability to identify how people vote could lead to voter intimidation.

Public Statement

WASHINGTON — Today, the League of Women Voters of the United States issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court ruling in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine.  The decision ensures continued access to the medication abortion drug mifepristone:     

News

This story was originally published in the EinPresswire on June 11, 2024.

Today, the American Booksellers Association (ABA) and League of Women Voters (LWV) announced a new partnership to educate and empower voters in 2024. The collaboration is part of ABA’s member and community campaign, “Get Out the VOTE,” which aims to equip independent bookstores to engage with voters.

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Heading into the 2024 general elections, access to free, trusted, and unrestricted information will be essential to empowering an informed and engaged electorate. Elections at the federal, state, and local levels will directly affect the communities that libraries serve and the issues their users care about. Access to nonpartisan civic information that breaks down the barriers to ballot casting is critical to ensuring all Americans can engage in the democratic process.

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This story was originally published in the Ohio Capital Journal on June 7, 2024.

Twenty years ago, Kelly McFarland Stratman was among the Ohioans working on reform to the state’s redistricting process as a member of the League of Women Voters. Now she’s the co-CEO of the national group.

“The mission of the league could not be more critical or more needed,” she told the Capital Journal in an interview amid a return visit to the state that started it all for her. “Our democracy is a gift and it is something that is fragile, and it requires care and attention.”
 

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This story was originally published in the Associated Press on 5/31/24.

The Kansas Supreme Court offered a mixed bag in a ruling Friday that combined several challenges to a 2021 election law, siding with state officials on one provision, reviving challenges to others and offering the possibility that at least one will be halted before this year’s general election.

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