Expanding Voter Access

Expanding Voter Access

We fight to increase voters’ access to the polls, including expanding early voting, automatic and online voter registration.

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Gavel - Social and Criminal Justice
News

Advocates of democracy were relieved when the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled definitively against the Independent State Legislative Theory. SCOTUS validated the authority state constitutions and courts have over redistricting.

Gavel - Social and Criminal Justice
News

The recent ruling in Allen v. Milligan demonstrates SCOTUS continues to support the Voting Rights Act. Chief Justice Roberts clearly lays out the conditions and criteria SCOTUS will be using to decide upcoming cases.

Event Date: 
Apr 18 2023 08:00 pm
Event location: 

via Zoom

LWVCC League of Women Voters Conducted:

a Virtual Candidate Forum for the Coos Bay School District Board

Positions 3, 4, & 7

Event Date: 
Apr 25 2023 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm
Event location: 

North Bend City Council Chambers

LWVCC League of Women Voters presented:

a Candidate Forum for the North Bend School District Board

Positions 1, 3 & 7

 The League of Women Voters (LWV) offers candidate forums as a Voters Service Project, so that information about the candidates will be offered on the issues that are relevant to the elected position.  Forums are carefully structured with fairness to give each candidate an equal amount of time and opportunity to present their views across a broad range of topics and to answer questions from the public in attendance.  Those who do not respond to the League's invitation to participate in a non-partisan forum  miss out on this opportunity to make their views widely known to the voters. 

LWVCT logo in color
Blog Post

Implementing early voting in Connecticut has been one of our voting priorities for more than 10 years. Now that the referendum question, “Shall the Constitution of the State be amended to permit the General Assembly to provide for early voting?” passed with 60 percent of the vote in November 2022, we turned our attention to fighting for the best process possible.

Event Date: 
Apr 19 2023 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm
Event location: 

Bandon City Council Chambers

LWVCC League of Women Voters presented:

a Candidate Forum for the Bandon School District Board

Positions 2, 4, 6, & 7

Go Vote Today!
Event Date: 
Apr 04 2023 06:00 am to 07:00 pm

The Consolidated Election is Tuesday, April 4.  Learn more about voting.

View your entire ballot and polling place using our online voter guides.

2023 January 31 Press Conference for CT Voting Rights Act
Public Statement

Lawmakers from the Connecticut General Assembly and civil rights, labor, grassroots, and faith-based organizations joined together in calling for the passage of the Connecticut Voting Rights Act (CTVRA). By enacting this landmark bill, Connecticut would join California, Oregon, Washington, Virginia, and New York as states with their own voting rights acts to bolster protections against discriminatory barriers that would infringe upon the ability to exercise the fundamental right to vote.

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