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Transformation

Why switch?

Submitted by Metro St. Louis in January 2025.

News

Leagues throughout the U.S. are operating under a new unified membership structure that has started to be implemented. Members are invited to learn that this means to them.

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Court Strikes 4 Provisions of Anti-Voter Law

The four blocked provisions include criminal prohibitions on compensating non-governmental employees from registering voters; soliciting a voter to obtain an absentee ballot application; anyone other than Missouri registered voters engaging in voter regis

Submitted by Metro St. Louis in December 2024.

News

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 o

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League Opposes Missouri American Water Rate Hike

Submitted by Metro St. Louis in November 2024.

Blog Post

The League opposes a request by Missouri American Water (MAWC) for a rate increase, which is currently being reviewed by the Missouri Public Service Commission (MPSC).

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Amendments 2, 3 & 7, Prop A Pass

There is no job too small when it comes to making elections safe, secure, accurate and accessible.

Submitted by Metro St. Louis in November 2024.

News

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

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Protecting Contraception

Members at Sept. 12 Fall Kickoff

Submitted by Metro St. Louis in November 2024.

News

The Sept. 12 Fall Kickoff featured a rousing speech by Michelle Trupiana, Executive Director of Missouri Family Health Council, Inc.

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Voters with Disabilities Can Request Curbside Voting

Ring bill for voting assistance sign

Submitted by Metro St. Louis in October 2024.

News

Curbside voting is available for anyone with a disability.

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Voters Approve Reproductive Freedom

Goal of Amendment 3 is to protect the rights of Missourians to make our own reproductive health decisions, including our options for birth control, miscarriage care, and abortion care.

Submitted by Metro St. Louis in October 2024.

News

The League of Women Voters of Missouri supported Amendment 3 to restore reproductive rights. See the LWVMO fact sheet on the initiative and an op-ed published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch containing facts to counter disinformation spread about Amendment 3.

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Women Mayors Find Common Ground at Unit Meeting

Mayors Laura Arnold and Liz Gibbons

Submitted by Metro St. Louis in September 2024.

News

On Sept. 11, Webster Groves Mayor Laura Arnold and Kirkwood Mayor Liz Gibbons spoke at the League's monthly Webster-Kirkwood unit meeting. Besides being part of only 26 percent of U.S.

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Upcoming Municipal Elections in March and April, 2025

Submitted by Metro St. Louis in February 2025.

News

Municipalities and special districts will hold elections for officers and ballot propositions on Tuesday, April 8. In addition, primary elections for City of St. Louis officials will be held March 4. Information is summarized below, and will be updated as more details are available.

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Our League Joins U.S. Study of Federal Judiciary

Graphic on scope of LWVUS Federal Judiciary Study

Submitted by Metro St. Louis in January 2025.

News

Like all Leagues across the U.S., our League is studying the federal judiciary system, including not only the Supreme Court but also all judges described in Article III of the U.S. Constitution.    

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