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105 Years of Empowering Voters and Defending Democracy

Founded in October 1919

LWVMO Celebrates 105th Anniversary

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Online Voters Guide

Go to VOTE411.org for nonpartisan information on candidates and ballot measures.

Leaguers support Fair Wages & Paid Sick Leave

Spring Conference

Members appreciated initiative petition updates from M’Evie Mead from Jobs with Justice and Kennedy Moore from Missourians for Constitutional Freedom,

Board

2023-25 Board

Delegates to the May 6 convention approved the slate by acclamation.

Marilyn McLeod, Jean Dugan and Sharon Schneeberger in the Missouri Capitol

Voting Rights Advocacy Day

Marilyn McLeod, Jean Dugan and Sharon Schneeberger in the Capitol.

 

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Testifying in Jeff City

LWVMO President Marilyn McLeod is often in Jefferson City, testifying against anti-voter legislation. The League's top legislative priority in 2024 is to protect the citizen initiative petition process.

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Moving Forward Together

The League is proud to offer a statewide nonpartisan voting guide at VOTE411.org. 

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Complying with HB1878

Members delivered more than 100 signed voter solicitation forms to the Secretary of State’s office on Sept. 7 to comply with HB1878. A temporary injunction has those new restrictions on hold.

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HB1878

The League is challenging provisions of HB1878 in court.

Missouri

We are pleased that the court recognized that these restrictions in HB1878 were unreasonable and violated our constitutional rights."

Judge Jon Beetem has made permanent an injunction blocking  four provisions of HB1878 challenged by the League of Women Voters of Missouri (LWVMO) and the Missouri State Conference of the NAACP, finding “they are overbroad and impair a wide swath of constitutionally protected rights of speech, expression, and association.”

Nancy Copenhaver and Marilyn McLeod with ACLU of Missouri attorneys Gillian Wilcox and  Kristin Mulvey, and Rod Chapel of  the  Missouri NAACP State Conference.
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Judge Jon Beetem issued a decision on Nov. 25 allowing strict photo ID rules to stay in place.

Framing the Future Fall Conference
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After a busy election year, LWVMO's Fall Conference was virtual in 2024.

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Voters approved three constitutional amendments and one statutory change on the Nov. 5 ballot.

Goal of Amendment 3 is to protect the right of Missourians to make our own reproductive health decisions
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The League of Women Voters of Missouri supported Amendment 3 for Reproductive Freedom that voters approved on Nov.

60 people in audience watch panel discussion on Amendment 7
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Passage of Amendment 7 will block communities from trying alternative voting systems or using voting machines. Many voters may have thought it was only about non-citizens voting.
 
LWVMO Board Members
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LWVMO President Marilyn McLeod shared why the League supported Amendment 3 and Prop B and opposed Amendment 7.

St. Louis League members with Yes on 3 sign
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"Contraception is at risk," says Michelle Trupiano, Executive Director of the Missouri Family Health Council, Inc. (mfhc.org). She told League members in St.