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April is National Volunteer Month and LWVSCDE Volunteers are the Best!
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LWVSCDE is an all-volunteer organization. Our dedicated members execute our mission of empowering voters and defending democracy, by showing up to educate voters on candidates, issues, and election news.

HandsOff! Mass Mobilization
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LWVDE is encouraging League Members to attend the April 5 Hands Off! Rally in Dover as a group. It is happening on Saturday, April 5 from 12-2pm. There are also rallies in Newark, Rehoboth Beach and DC.

LWV response to Voter Suppression
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LWVUS has issued a statement in response to President Donald Trump's March 25 executive order regarding US Elections. The League believes the order "threatens Americans' freedom to vote and tramples states' constitutional authority to run their own elections."

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In this article, Yasmin Abusaif and Douglas Keith of the Brennan Center for Justice discuss the tools that Judges have to enforce their orders in the face of noncompliance. (Thanks to The Women's Shift to Equality (TWSTE) Post for alerting us.)
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/what-courts-can-...

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Press Mention

League of Women Voters of Delaware Election & Voting Committee Chair Jill Itzkowitz was quoted this week in a pair of news articles regarding a potential change in Delaware's primary election date.

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A coalition of voting rights organizations filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to challenge President Trump’s unlawful executive order on voting. 

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Recent actions by President Donald Trump threaten today’s immigrant community. 

In moments like this, we must stand against hate and for our neighbors. LWV and the National Partnership for New Americans have identified a few ways you can defend America’s immigrant communities.

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HR 22, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, will require that every eligible voter provide documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote even though voters in every state are already required to affirm or verify their citizenship status when registering and voting. 

Every eligible voter could be unnecessarily burdened by the SAVE Act at some point when they update or change their voter registration information. 

Congress must act to ensure that every eligible US citizen has the freedom to vote unimpeded by discriminatory rules rooted in fear and division.

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With anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation sharply on the rise, it’s no surprise that barriers to voting have also increased for transgender people.

With this in mind, the League opposes strict voter ID laws, as they often unfairly burden certain groups of voters, while being totally unnecessary to prevent voter fraud.