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Today, we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his enduring legacy of seeking justice and peace. As he so powerfully once said, “True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.”

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SAVE THE DATE:  LOCAL BLACK HISTORY CELEBRATIONS
 
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ALERT!  Beginning December 24, 2025, the U.S. Postal Service has changed how postmarks are applied.  

If you mail in your ballot, this change will affect whether your ballot is postmarked in time to be counted. 

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As ICE ramps up action in communities across the county, the League stands firmly in solidarity with impacted communities.

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    October 27, 2025 is VOTE411’s 19th birthday.

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    Op-ed published in TIME by LWV CEO Celina Stewart

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    The League of Women Voters of Kentucky, the New Americans Initiative, and two Kentucky voters have moved to intervene in US v. Adams, represented by the ACLU of Kentucky and the ACLU Voting Rights Project, to protect the privacy of Kentucky voters.

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    Spring is arriving with extraordinary urgency for our democracy. At the League of Women Voters of California, we are stepping forward with determination - organizing, educating, and building the coalitions necessary to meet this moment.

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    The League of Women Voters honors the life and legacy of Bernard Lafayette Jr., a Freedom Rider and organizer of the Selma voting rights campaign whose leadership helped advance passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

     

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    A complicated legal system, the fraught history of international adoption, and the current Administration’s rhetoric around citizenship and immigration have caused concern for many adoptees. Are they at risk of being deported or losing citizenship?