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Love Halloween?
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More and more Americans do, and according to the National Retail Foundation, we are expected to spend $12.2 billion on our celebrating this year, with a good chunk of those dollars being spent on costumes, decorations, treats and other items that

League Gets Shout Out in Washington Post Article
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By Danielle Allen

Contributing columnist Washington Post October 19, 2023

 

Indigenous People’s Day
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This holiday was created to honor the people, history and cultures of those who lived in North America long before it was discovered by the Europeans. It is celebrated instead of, or on the same day as Columbus Day each year.

Whitecliff Winery Fall Get-together is Success!
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Rain did not impede the wonderful event for our Mid-Hudson Region League Fall meeting on October 20th. Thanks to League member and winery owner, Yancey Migliore, members enjoyed wine tasting, conversation and lots of laughs.

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WASHINGTON — The League of Women Voters of the United States issued the following statement on the passing of first female US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor: 

 

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On the final day of Pride month, June 30, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled in favor of a business owner seeking to discriminate against LGBTQIA+ persons, striking a blow against Americans’ right to live free from discrimination. The ones who should have upheld principles of equality and fairness — our nation’s highest Court — failed. 

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NASHVILLE – The League of Women Voters of Tennessee and Tennessee voters Victor Ashe and Phil Lawson filed a federal lawsuit today challenging state laws that require voters to be “bona fide” members of a political party to vote in the state’s open primary elections. Plaintiffs argue that the laws create confusion and intimidation because voters in Tennessee do not register with a party and there is no way to determine what “bona fide” means. The plaintiffs are represented by the law firms Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison, Baker Donelson and Sidley Austin LLP, and Protect Democracy. 

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This story was originally published in Votebeat.

Plaintiffs including the NAACP and League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania applauded the ruling.

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This story was originally published in Associated Press.

Voting rights activists plan to meet next week to discuss legal recourse around restoring fair access to ballots, said Debbie Pantenburg, spokesperson for the nonpartisan League of Women Voters of Mississippi.

“Our membership is outraged that the lack of ballots happened in a historically underrepresented region of our state,” Pantenburg said.

She said the league wants Watson to investigate and publish a report detailing how the problems happened.