Voting Rights

Voting Rights

Voting is a fundamental right and all eligible voters should have the equal opportunity to exercise that right. We are dedicated to ensuring that our elections remain free, fair and accessible.

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Please call or email your U.S. senators and tell them to vote for the bill to provide $25 billion in the next coronavirus package to shore up the U.S.
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Public Statement

League of Women Voters of the US (LWVUS)
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WASHINGTON—Today, the United States Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of two lower courts to waive the two-witness and notary requirement for absentee ballots in Rhode Island for 2020 elections. The case was brought by the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island, Common Cause Rhode Island, and individual Rhode Island voters with significant risk of severe illness or death from COVID-19.

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August 13, the US Supreme Court denied the Republican request for an emergency stay of the consent decree to eliminate witness/notary requirements for vote by mail in the Fall elections.

Women's Suffrage 1915 March

Celebrate the
100th ANNIVERSARY
OF WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE

1920 to 2020

Save this Date.  March 15, 2021, (rescheduled from 8/28/20) 100th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage Celebration.  Featuring Jamie Abrams, Professor of Law, University of Louisville on women’s struggle to win the vote and challenges today. Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Lee County and Florida Gulf Coast University.

VOTE411.org is a "one-stop-shop" for election related information. It provides nonpartisan information to the public with both general and state-specific information on the following aspects of the election process:

  • Absentee ballot information
  • Ballot measure information (where applicable)
  • Early voting options (where applicable)
  • Election dates
  • Factual data on candidates in various federal, state and local races
Event flyer for the Virtual Women's Suffrage Centennial Event
Event Date: 
08/26/2020 - 12:00pm to 08/27/2020 - 11:45am
Event location: 

Statewide

Please join us in a celebratory ringing of bells at noon on August 26 to recognize the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, just as was done statewide in August of 1920 to celebrate women's enfranchisement.

CT Primary August 2020 Voter Survey Website Banner
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If you voted in the CT Primary, take the 3 minute survey to let us know how it went and share with a friend! This information will be used in our work on voting advocacy and to update our voting information to address voters’ actual experience voting, particularly during the pandemic. We also hope that this information will help to improve the November election process in Connecticut.

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August 10, the Republican National Committee and the Rhode Island Republican Party sought a stay from the U.S.

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