Fighting Voter Suppression

Fighting Voter Suppression

We challenge all efforts and tactics that threaten our democracy and limit the ability of voters to exercise their right to vote.

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LWVCCA President Suzanne Brock's Cape Cod Times 'Your Turn' article on Right to Vote, January 6
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LWVCCA President Suzanne Brock reflects on the horrific events of last January 6, and on our elected offficials action - or inaction - to those events, in a "Your Turn" article appeared in theCape Cod Times on January 8.

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Protecting Our Voting Rights

Event Date: 
11/15/2021 - 12:00pm
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US Supreme Court

Moral Monday: Build Back Better from the Bottom Up!

League Members can join in!

 

Time for Action

Action Alerts

Write or call both Senator Blumenthal and Senator Murphy, thank them for their efforts so far, and tell them: "It doesn’t matter if we have bridges and budgets if our democracy fails: keep the Senate focused on the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act!"

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Press Mention

Delaware’s first redistricting hearing of 2021 promises transparency

 

Toni Zimmer, LWVUS Board member
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Toni Zimmer, LWVUS Board member, Chair of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, Trustee of the LWVUS Education Fund and LWVUS board liaison to the LWV-RI was the Providence League’s guest speaker, Monday, September 20, at

Most Tennesseans with a felony conviction in any state or federal court have lost their right to vote but can regain that right. Others with a felony conviction never lost their right to vote and remain eligible.

 

DID YOU LOSE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE?

 

The date of your conviction and the felony you were convicted of determines your eligibility to vote in Tennessee.

Amicus Brief in Voter Intimidation Case Before SCOTUS
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9/21/2021
NEW YORK STATE RIFLE & PISTOL ASSOCIATION V. BRUEN THREATENS TO ELIMINATE LAWS REGULATING GUNS IN PUBLIC PLACES

CHARGE redistricting hub september 15 event
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Please join CHARGE and the authors of Gerrymandering the States: Partisanship, Race, and the Transformation of American Federalism this Wednesday, September 15 at 3 pm ET for a discussion o

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