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Defending Voting Rights

NAACP, ACLU and members of LWVMO defending voting rights at the Missouri Supreme Court on November 19, 2025

Leaguers at rally

Good Trouble Lives On

League members attended rallies across Missouri on July 17.

2025 LWVMO Board

2025 LWVMO Board

Marilyn McLeod, Patricia O'Roark, President Kay Park, Nancy Copenhaver, Anne Sappington, Joan Hubbard, Joan Gentry, Sherry Buchanan, Beth Franklin, Mahree Skala and Sheryl Eufinger. Not pictured is Greg Woodhams.

Tell the Senate to Vote No on the SAVE Act

House Passes SAVE Act

Requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote would disenfranchise many eligible citizens.

Marilyn McLeod with members in the Capitol rotunda

Voting Rights Advocacy

Members were in Jeff City in January asking members to protect direct democracy, election workers and rights restoration.

VOTE411 - Nonpartisan Election Information You Need

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.

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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 2025 is to protect the citizen initiative petition process.

VOTE411 - election information you need

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.

May 2 Advocacy Day

Voting Rights Advocacy Day

Voting Rights Advocacy Day

Marilyn

HB1878

The League is challenging provisions of HB1878 in court.

Missouri

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Event Date: 
07/14/2026 - 6:30pm
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Virtual Zoom Meeting

On Tuesday, July 14, at 6:30 PM, the League of Women Voters of Missouri will host its next Voter Power Hour.

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Event Date: 
07/12/2026 - 4:30pm

The next JEDI Book Club will discuss the book What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays by Damon Young and The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation.

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League of Women Voters of Missouri's Voter Power Hour Webinar: Accessible Options for Voters with Disabilities

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Read the latest information about upcoming Missouri amendments. Updated as of May 22, 2026.

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A federal court today ruled that nonpartisan voting rights groups could continue with their legal challenge to President Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in voting ahead of the upcoming 2026 primaries and November midterm elections.

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Federal Judge Shuts Down Trump-Vance Voter Purge Database - Administration’s Plan to Unlawfully Aggregate Personal Data to Enable Voter Purges Ended by Court Order in Significant Voting Issues Victory

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The League of Women Voters President Dianna Wynn and CEO Celina Stewart issued the following joint statement in response to the US Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in Louisiana v. Callais, a case concerning the constitutionality of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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JEFFERSON CITY, MO — On March 24, 2026, nonpartisan civic engagement groups in Missouri secured a major victory after the state supreme court upheld a ruling blocking four unlawful anti-voter provisions from going into effect that would have chilled the critical work of civic engagement groups.

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The League of Women Voters of Missouri Opposes the National SAVE Act and Missouri SB 983 which Both Require Proof of Citizenship to Vote The House of Representatives passed the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act for the second time in April 2025.

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Event Date: 
06/30/2026 - 6:30pm
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Virtual Zoom Meeting

On Tuesday, June 30, at 6:30 PM, the League of Women Voters of Missouri will host its next Voter Power Hour.

May 19 2026 Missouri Voter Power Hour Title card for Elimination of Missouri's Income Tax
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League of Women Voters of Missouri's Voter Power Hour Webinar: Updates on Legislative Tracking of Missouri Bills

Rights & Responses: Immigration Enforcement in Missouri presented by LWV Missouri
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League of Women Voters of Missouri's Voter Power Hour Webinar: Updates on Legislative Tracking of Missouri Bills