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Oak Hammock Meeting - Constitutional Change Through the Lens of the ERA
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A recording of the March 11 Oak Hammock Meeting is now available. Danaya Wright, a professor of Constitutional Law at the UF Levin College of Law, discusses amending the U.S. Constitution and the Equal Rights Amendment.

Janice holding sunflower
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Hello, Democracy supporters!

I hope that each of you has received the "What You Can Do" email messages. They are created by a League team with the intent of giving League members and the broad community simple actions we can take EVERY DAY to object to the anti-democratic and questionably legal activities going on in our national government. Share them with your networks. If anybody would like to be added to the email list, send their name and email address to...

Gun Violence Prevention and Safety Committee meeting screenshot 02.19.25
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A recording of the February Gun Violence Prevention and Safety meeting is now available....

Local election candidate forum dates times locations
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LWVAC is pleased to announce that we are hosting candidate forums for local municipal elections in Alachua and Newberry. Dillon Boatner, Voter Services chair, said pulling the events together in a short time has been challenging, but "we are excited to host forums for these elections to give candidates a setting to explain their positions on local issues, together."

Support is Overdue Campaign flyer
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A group of students from the University of Florida has implemented a campaign for EveryLibrary, the only national 501(c)4 political action committee for libraries. EveryLibrary’s mission to support public libraries on election days, stabilize school library budgets, guard against book bans and engage with state legislatures alongside partner organizations. These students have created “Support Is Overdue,” a campaign that is striving to raise awareness for EveryLibrary’s mission and engage a wider audience into library and book activism. The campaign will run until Mar. 3, and we could use your help!

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A coalition of voting rights organizations filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to challenge President Trump’s unlawful executive order on voting. 

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Recent actions by President Donald Trump threaten today’s immigrant community. 

In moments like this, we must stand against hate and for our neighbors. LWV and the National Partnership for New Americans have identified a few ways you can defend America’s immigrant communities.

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HR 22, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, will require that every eligible voter provide documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote even though voters in every state are already required to affirm or verify their citizenship status when registering and voting. 

Every eligible voter could be unnecessarily burdened by the SAVE Act at some point when they update or change their voter registration information. 

Congress must act to ensure that every eligible US citizen has the freedom to vote unimpeded by discriminatory rules rooted in fear and division.

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With anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation sharply on the rise, it’s no surprise that barriers to voting have also increased for transgender people.

With this in mind, the League opposes strict voter ID laws, as they often unfairly burden certain groups of voters, while being totally unnecessary to prevent voter fraud.