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Voting Rights Groups Move to Block Newly-Finalized Mail Ballot Rule

Submitted by Delaware County ILO in August 2026.

Public Statement

In light of the US Supreme Court ruling concerning mail ballots, voting rights organizations supplemented the complaint in their lawsuit challenging President Trump’s executive order restricting mail voting to add claims against the US Postal Service’s (USPS) newly-finalized mail ballot rule. The groups simultaneously asked a federal court to immediately block USPS from implementing that rule for the November midterm elections.

The plaintiffs in this case, League of Women Voters of Massachusetts v. Trump, are the League of Women Voters, League of Women Voters of Massachusetts, Association of Americans Resident Overseas, US Vote Foundation, OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. They are represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Massachusetts, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, Legal Defense Fund, Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC, and LatinoJustice PRLDEF.

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Submitted by Delaware County ILO in August 2026.

Public Statement

On November 3rd, voters will elect those who will exercise POWER over our lives. The results of this contest will determine the majority and minority balances in both the U.S. Congress and the PA General Assembly. Those elected for U.S. Congress decide what Federal laws are written on issues that impact our lives - taxes, civil rights, voting rights, immigration, climate, tech, infrastructure, tech/AI, and healthcare. Our state officials make rules and laws about issues like education, minimum wage, fair housing, gun safety, reproductive rights, taxes, healthcare, and elections.

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Submitted by Delaware County ILO in August 2026.

News

Article - Rally at Media Courthouse Commemorates Voting Rights Act appeared in the Delaware County Daily Times on August 8, 2026. The rally commemorated the Voting Rights Act of 1965 at the Delaware County courthouse Saturday, joining a network of others occurring throughout the country. It was part of the nationwide League of Women Voters Unite & Rise Day of Action and part of Women Defend Democracy with the goal to engage and mobilize 8.5 million voters to protect and preserve American democracy.

The Unite & Rise for Voting Rights Rally was hosted by the League of Women Voters of Delaware County Inter League Organization, members of the NAACP of Media, the PA Youth Vote, the Girl Scouts of America and America 250 PA/Delco and Delco Indivisible also participated.

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Submitted by Delaware County ILO in February 2026.

Public Statement

A fundamental constitutional right is threatened by a call for unneeded new paperwork in elections.

This week, lawmakers in Congress renewed their push to pass the SAVE Act, rebranding it as the “SAVE America Act.” Wednesday night, this bill passed the House and will move on to the Senate.

Although this legislation’s title suggests safeguarding Americans and ensuring election security, its actual impact would be catastrophic.

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Submitted by Delaware County ILO in February 2026.

Blog Post

February is Black History Month and our League of Women Voters acknowledges the role of Black Americans in the voting rights movement and shares information concerning the history of Black Suffrage Past & Present.

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Submitted by Delaware County ILO in December 2025.

News

The Delaware County Daily Times provided extensive coverage of our Hot Topics Program Dec. 5 featuring Rosemary Halt, the chairman of the County Board of health and Department of Health Director Lora Werner discussing the challenges and uncertainty facing the four-year-old county public health department in the face of federal cuts and state funding delays. The Times article ran in the Saturday edition. Read it below.

Submitted by Delaware County ILO in October 2025.

Blog Post

The Pennsylvania League of Women Voters, Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts, and the Committee of Seventy sponsored a series of voter information events featuring judicial candidates running in the 2025 Pennsylvania Municipal election.
All the events were recorded and can be shared with friends and family to help voters be more informed about the Pennsylvania judicial system and the candidates that are seeking to serve.

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Submitted by Delaware County ILO in September 2025.

Blog Post

Three state Supreme Court justices Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty and David Wecht offered a glimpse behind their chambers doors Monday, September 8, 2025 as they seek voters’ approval in November to serve second terms. Judges in Pennsylvania are elected to 10-year terms in partisan elections. Once in office, however, they stand for retention in “yes” or “no” referenda to serve subsequent terms.

The event, Behind the Ballot Fireside Chat: PA Supreme Court Retention Elections was co-sponsored by the court access group Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts, the government watchdog Committee of Seventy and the Pennsylvania League of Women Voters.

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Submitted by Delaware County ILO in June 2025.

Blog Post

This blog post is from the League of Women Voters of the United States and shares resources concerning the immigrant issues; past, present and future and shares resources recommended by the National Partnership for New Americans.

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Submitted by Delaware County ILO in May 2025.

Blog Post

“The mission of the League of Women Voters is Empower Voters and Defend our Democracy”. For over a century, the heart and soul of our work has been centering voters' voices in democracy. We’ve participated in many of our nation’s most pivotal voting rights battles, from women’s suffrage to the Equal Rights Amendment to the passage of the National Voter RegistrationAct (NVRA)and the Help America VoteAct (HAVA). As democracy turns another corner, we are strengthening our campaign: Women Defend Democracy.

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