LWVMO President Marilyn McLeod is often in Jefferson City, testifying against anti-voter legislation. The League's top legislative priority in 2024 is to protect the citizen initiative petition process.
Hybrid Fall Conference featured exceptional speakers. Topics included tips on testifying, a key Supreme Court case, rural hospital closures, and maternal and infant mortality.
Members delivered more than 100 signed voter solicitation forms to the Secretary of State’s office on Sept. 7 to comply with HB1878. A temporary injunction has those new restrictions on hold.
The League of Women Voters of Missouri Education Fund is expanding its resources to help voters across the state cast an informed ballot in the Aug. 6 primary and the Nov. 5 general election.
Missouri sent an active delegation to the 2024 LWVUS Convention Turn Up & Turn Out in Washington, D.C. By a vote of 843-3, the convention reaffirmed the League’s commitment to fight for reproductive rights and justice and against disinformati
A record 50-year filibuster in the Missouri Senate blocked passage of a proposal to eliminate the majority rule that has defined Missouri’s citizen initiative process for more than a century. If the two chambers had agree on final language f
The campaign to restore reproductive rights in Missouri collected 380,159 petition signatures in just three months and turned them in to the Missouri Secretary of State’s office on May 3.
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to reconsider a troubling decision that blocks individual voters and groups such as the NAACP and the League of Women Voters from challenging discriminatory voting practices or maps in c
The General Assembly stopped funding a presidential preference primary in an omnibus election bill in 2022 (HB1878) and turned it over to the political parties.
