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In July, several members represented the LWV of Macon at the annual Raiserfest event held at Northeast High School. This yearly event featured quite a number of vendors, businesses, churches and civic organizations from across the city.

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  1.  10,000 new LWV Macon Gov’t Directories for 2021 - 2022 were distributed:

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1. On Monday, 3/29/21 Susannah Scott, LWVGA President, conducted a state wide presentation for local Leagues on SB 202 - Election Integrity Act 2021–the recently passed and signed law of changing Georgia election laws.

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A significant number of anti-voter lawsuits were filed that sought to disrupt election administration and purge eligible voters from the rolls around the 2024 federal election. The League of Women Voters of the United States (“LWVUS”) monitored these eleventh-hour anti-voter lawsuits, including the substantial amount of voter purge lawsuits. 

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A significant number of anti-voter lawsuits were filed that sought to disrupt election administration and purge eligible voters from the rolls around the 2024 federal election. The League of Women Voters of the United States (“LWVUS”) monitored these eleventh-hour anti-voter lawsuits, including the substantial amount of voter purge lawsuits. 

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On January 20, Inauguration Day, the next president and vice president of the United States will be sworn into office in front of the US Capitol Building. As part of the peaceful transfer of power, the two men will recite their Oaths of Office, swearing to protect and defend the US Constitution and to enact their duties faithfully. 

As our democracy anticipates unprecedented challenges, there could be no better time to pledge our own oath to protect and preserve democracy. Here’s ours. 

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Over a century after our founding — and the passage of the 19th amendment that granted many women the right to vote — some people question why the League of Women Voters keeps the word ‘women’ in our name. 

To me, now more than ever, it’s clear that “women” is an essential part of our name — and always will be.