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Getting Reading for the 2026 Legislative Session

Opening Day of the 2025 Legislative Session is Wednesday, January 21, 2026.

James Hustace smiling with a lei
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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.

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Public Statement

The League of Women Voters of Kentucky, the New Americans Initiative, and two Kentucky voters have moved to intervene in US v. Adams, represented by the ACLU of Kentucky and the ACLU Voting Rights Project, to protect the privacy of Kentucky voters.

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The League of Women Voters honors the life and legacy of Bernard Lafayette Jr., a Freedom Rider and organizer of the Selma voting rights campaign whose leadership helped advance passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

 

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A complicated legal system, the fraught history of international adoption, and the current Administration’s rhetoric around citizenship and immigration have caused concern for many adoptees. Are they at risk of being deported or losing citizenship?

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The League of Women Voters of New Jersey, the Latino Action Network, and an individual New Jersey voter, represented by the ACLU of New Jersey and the ACLU Voting Rights Project, filed a motion to intervene in US v. Caldwell to prevent the Department of Justice (DOJ) from obtaining New Jersey voters’ personal data.