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James Hustace smiling with a lei
News

About 30 people attended both in-person and online for an informative talk by District 9 County Council Member James Hustace at Tutu's House in Waimea.

Huli Aʻo: Rethinking Youth Ciivics group photo with speakers Trevor Atkins and Laura Acasio and LWVHC members and guests
News

The League of Women Voters of Hawai`i County held a meeting on "Huli Aʻo: Rethinking Youth Civics" on Saturday, November 23, at Hawaiʻi Community College, featuring guest speakers Trevor Atkins and Laura Acasio and followed by a lively audience Q&

LWVHC talk by Brad Clark on voter information at Interfaith Community Association
Blog Post

Mahalo to Brad Clark for serving as the guest speaker on impartial voter information at the ICA meeting on August 27, 2024, at Hilo Community of Christ Church, through an introduction by Helen Hemmes.

Donna Oba in lei
Blog Post

Every two years, League gets calls for League to sponsor candidate forums, oftentimes by candidates. League often declines because we can’t find volunteers.

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Public Statement

Washington, DC — Today, the Supreme Court paused a lower court order that prevented the Trump administration from deporting migrants to countries other than their country of origin without affording them due process. Today’s decision — issued without any hearing on the Court’s “shadow docket” — allows the Trump administration to continue to deport non-citizens to countries they have never visited without an opportunity to challenge the deportation.  

Public Statement

Washington, DC — The League of Women Voters of the United States is proud to announce Na’ilah Amaru as the new senior director of mobilization and engagement. In this role, Amaru will lead the League’s grassroots organizing efforts, national advocacy campaigns, and volunteer engagement strategy to strengthen the organization’s mission of empowering voters and defending democracy.  

Blog Post

The United States Congress is using a fast-track budget process known as budget reconciliation to pass legislation that will take away health care and food access from millions of people to pay for tax cuts for corporations and wealthy Americans. 

That gives us just weeks left in the process to demand that our members of Congress represent everyday Americans and oppose cuts to Medicaid.

Public Statement

The League of Women Voters of North Carolina, along with voters and civil rights groups, seek to protect voters whose eligibility to vote may be challenged.

Public Statement

Political violence has no place in our democracy.