The Leagues of Women Voters of the Pikes Peak Region, Colorado, and the United States issued the following statement in response to the mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs, CO.

This interview was originally published in Noozhawk.

LWV of Santa Barbara seeks to empower voters and defend democracy.

Connecticut residents voted in favor of bringing in-person early voting to the state, marking a historic victory for proponents in a years-long struggle for expanded ballot access and setting the stage for lawmakers to modernize an election system lagging behind much of the country. The ballot referendum passed 59% to 41%, according to unofficial results from the secretary of the state’s office, allowing for an amendment to the state constitution, which currently limits in-person voting to Election Day.

This article was originally published in the Poughkeepsie Journal.

The League of Women Voters of the Mid-Hudson Region, along with a college professor and student, last week sued the BOE and its elections commissioners under the state law in order to establish a voting site.