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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
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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
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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
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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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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.

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This op-ed was originally published in Newsweek.

Adam Ambrogi, LWVUS chief of external affairs, Pamela Smith, Verified Voting executive director, and cybersecurity expert Paul Rosenzweig highlight the danger of the current administration's defunding of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).