Dearborn-Dearborn Heights

Dearborn-Dearborn Heights

The League of Women Voters was founded in 1920 by leaders of the women’s suffrage movement who believed in the power of women to create a more perfect democracy.

The League is proud to be nonpartisan, neither supporting nor opposing candidates or political parties at any level of government, but always working to protect and expand voting rights and ensure everyone is represented in our democracy.

An activist, grassroots organization, the League has been working for over 100 years to empower voters and defend democracy through advocacy, education, and litigation, at the local, state, and national levels.

Michigan SOS Jocelyn Benson
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Three short videos explain what happens after the polls close.

Click here for the link to the SOS recordings.

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Action Alerts

Urge passage of Michigan SB 669 and SB 670.  The bills would amend the Freedom of Information Act to include the Legislature and the Executive Office of the Governor or Lieutenant Governor (EOG).

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The MIVRA will help strengthen ballot access for voters with disabilities, voters of color, and voters whose first language is not English. Make Michigan a national leader in protecting the right to vote! Reach out to your state legislators and tell them to pass the Michigan Voting Rights Act!

Action Alert - League of Women Voters (Vote for Your Rights)

Action Alerts

Every day, the freedom to vote is under attack. Since the Supreme Court decision of Shelby County v. Holder that gutted the Voting Rights Act (VRA), at least twenty-nine states have passed ninety-four laws that make it harder to vote, with the burden falling hardest on Black voters and other voters of color.

Urge Your Representatives to Prevent Voter Discrimination and Support the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.

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Action Alerts

More than 100 years after some women gained the right to vote, people in the United States are still not constitutionally guaranteed equality on the basis of sex. The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) will update the US Constitution to protect the equality of rights under the law regardless of sex.

Tell your representatives they must ensure that the ERA is published.

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