Representative Government

Representative Government

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Blog Post

Do you have questions about voting in Connecticut? Read, download, and share the Voter FAQs - updated for the November 3 General Election.

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Action Alerts

Contact Congress today and ask them to ensure funding to safeguard our elections is included in the next stimulus bill.

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Press Mention

4) Legislative shorts ahead of the primary: The League of Women Voters has posted video of a forum featuring Sen.

We are committed to ensuring that all voters are able to safely and securely cast their ballot during the COVID-19 pandemic. We want to support individuals and community partners who are also committed to this work! New strategies are needed to register voters and get out the vote in 2020, because in-person registration events and candidate forums are much more difficult. 

We are developing an array of resources to inform and mobilize voters for the 2020 elections,
including virtual candidates forums and this Get-Out-the Vote toolkit.

whistle stop tour
Event Date: 
08/21/2020 - 12:00am to 08/26/2020 - 11:45pm

View the eight day Suffrage Special Whistle Stop Tour starting in Spokane and ending in Seattle.
All Aboard!

Event Date: 
08/27/2020 - 7:00pm to 08/28/2020 - 6:45pm

Join the Cincinnati Festival of Faiths along with the LWVCA for an informative and meaningful webinar on the topic of “faithful citizenship.” We will explore eight diverse religious traditions and why their faith implores them towards civic

Photo of Event Speaker Gloria Browne-Marshall
Event Date: 
09/17/2020 - 7:00pm to 09/18/2020 - 6:45pm
Event location: 

Online - ZOOM

Professor Browne-Marshall will reveal the important stories of Black women who battled against laws and a society prejudiced against their race and gender.  Overcoming these seemingly

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News

Two recent letters published in the South Bend Tribune:

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Event Date: 
08/26/2020 - 7:00pm to 08/27/2020 - 6:45pm
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Virtual Event

Join the League of Women Voters of Stamford, the Ferguson Library, the Stamford NAACP, and Women on Watch for this special showing of the film "Let the People Decide." You must pre-register to receive the link to the film, which covers the struggle for voting rights from the 1960s to the present.

Event Date: 
10/14/2020 - 12:00pm to 10/15/2020 - 11:45am

LWVMC Virtual General Meeting: "LWV Positions on Ballot Measures" - Helen Hutchison, will briefly explain each of the twelve Propositions on the November California Gen

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