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Through Unite and Rise 8.5, we will engage and mobilize 8.5 million voters to protect and preserve our democracy.

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LWVAC is launching a "What You Can Do" (WYCD) campaign where we share a series of action plans. With so much happening on the national stage, these action plans are intended to encourage you to respond to the daily breach of the rule of law and the separation of powers. Read more about this campaign...

To receive the What You Can Do actions directly, please email info [at] lwv-alachua.org with "What You Can Do" in the subject line. Request to be added to the email list. Messages come out about once a week.

Public Statement

We are in the midst of health insurance open enrollment season.
If you are enrolling in Medicare, you can visit a SHINE volunteer. To get more information, call Elder Options at 800-262-2243.

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The LWVAC Committee will focus on preventing firearm suicides, unintentional injuries, and deaths.

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These are times for stepping outside our comfort zone. From public feedback I’ve received, the League is the most respected organization in Alachua County for advocating for our democracy.

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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.