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Getting Reading for the 2026 Legislative Session

Opening Day of the 2025 Legislative Session is Wednesday, January 21, 2026.

James Hustace smiling with a lei
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About 30 people attended both in-person and online for an informative talk by District 9 County Council Member James Hustace at Tutu's House in Waimea.

Huli Aʻo: Rethinking Youth Ciivics group photo with speakers Trevor Atkins and Laura Acasio and LWVHC members and guests
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The League of Women Voters of Hawai`i County held a meeting on "Huli Aʻo: Rethinking Youth Civics" on Saturday, November 23, at Hawaiʻi Community College, featuring guest speakers Trevor Atkins and Laura Acasio and followed by a lively audience Q&

LWVHC talk by Brad Clark on voter information at Interfaith Community Association
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Mahalo to Brad Clark for serving as the guest speaker on impartial voter information at the ICA meeting on August 27, 2024, at Hilo Community of Christ Church, through an introduction by Helen Hemmes.

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Public Statement

A group of individual voters, the League of Women Voters of Louisiana, and the League of Women Voters of Louisiana Education Fund today filed an emergency lawsuit in federal court seeking to block Secretary of State Nancy Landry’s implementation of Governor Jeff Landry’s unlawful executive order that attempts to suspend Louisiana’s congressional House primary elections after voting had already begun.

Public Statement

The League of Women Voters of the United States and the League of Women Voters of Alabama issued the following statement in response to the US Supreme Court’s decision to allow Alabama to use the Legislature's gerrymandered 2023 congressional map for the 2026 election cycle.

Public Statement

Celina Stewart, a nationally recognized voting rights attorney and champion of American democracy, has been named by Northeastern Law’s Judith Olans Brown Forum for Women in the Law (WIL) as its Practitioner-in-Residence for 2026–2027.

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In March 2026, the Supreme Court determined that Colorado’s Conversion Therapy ban violated the First Amendment, in a major loss to LGBTQIA+ rights. 

Colorado moved quickly on two fronts: maintaining protections for youth in a way consistent with the First Amendment and strengthening accountability for past harm. 

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A federal District Court heard arguments today in a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s March 31 executive order concerning mail-in voting. Plaintiffs argue that the order violates the US Constitution and federal law and risks mass disenfranchisement of eligible voters.