The League of Women Voters of Missouri hoped to partner with Gray Media for televised debates this year in the races for Governor and U.S. Senate. Unfortunately, neither Republican candidate accepted our invitation.
Missouri sent an active delegation to the 2024 LWVUS Convention Turn Up & Turn Out in Washington, D.C. By a vote of 843-3, the convention reaffirmed the League’s commitment to fight for reproductive rights and justice and against disinformati
A record 50-year filibuster in the Missouri Senate blocked passage of a proposal to eliminate the majority rule that has defined Missouri’s citizen initiative process for more than a century. If the two chambers had agree on final language f
Before the Missouri General Assembly adjourns Friday, some legislators are still insisting that deceptive language be included in SJR 74/HJR 86, a measure that asks voters to eliminate the majority rule that has defined Missouri’s citizen in
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to reconsider a troubling decision that blocks individual voters and groups such as the NAACP and the League of Women Voters from challenging discriminatory voting practices or maps in c
The League of Women Voters of Missouri and Missouri NAACP are challenging several sections of a new anti-voter law in court, including requiring an unexpired government-issued photo ID to vote.
Members enjoyed the election documentary No Time to Fail on Sept. 25. After the film, a panel of election officials discussed the challenges they faced in 2020 and expect in 2024. We heard from St.
The Right to Reproductive Freedom initiative petition would add the right of persons to make their own decisions on reproductive health care to the state constitution.
With a changing political landscape and a variety of challenges to our democracy, we need one League with a shared mission that speaks with one voice, LWVUS President Deborah Turner stressed at the LWVUS Council meeting, "Framin
