Clackamas County Subscribed Articles

Clackamas County Subscribed Articles

Katharine Biele wins The Salt Lake Tribune readers' voter for 2024 Utahn of the Year

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in January 2025.

News

This was originally published by The Salt Lake Tribune.

LWV of Utah's president Katharine Biele was voted by readers of The Salt Lake Tribune as 2024 Utahn of the Year.

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LWVCG: Record turnout in Coastal Georgia shows the power of community engagement

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in January 2025.

News

This opinion was originally published in the Savannah Morning News.

Chassidy Malloy, president of LWV of Coastal Georgia, shares the impact community engagement has on voter turnout.

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League of Women Voters of Kentucky releases report on 'troubling trends' in government transparency

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in January 2025.

News

This story was originally published by WUKY.

Last year, the League of Women Voters of Kentucky released the report How Can They Do That: Transparency and Citizen Participation in Kentucky’s Legislative Process. Today, they've released Part 2.

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LWV Statement on the Four-Year Anniversary of the January 6th Insurrection

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in January 2025.

Public Statement

The League of Women Voters of the United States President Dianna Wynn and CEO Celina Stewart issued the following joint statement on the anniversary of the January 6th attack on the US Capitol.

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League of Women Voters Welcomes 119th Congress in Session

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in January 2025.

Public Statement

WASHINGTON — To mark the beginning of the 119th Congress, the League of Women Voters of the United States President Dianna Wynn and CEO Celina Stewart issued the following joint statement.

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League of Women Voters of North Carolina, Longtime NC Voters, Protect Democracy File Amicus Brief, and Join Effort to Defend Rights of North Carolina Voters

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in January 2025.

Public Statement

WILMINGTON — Today, Protect Democracy filed an amicus brief on behalf of the League of Women Voters of North Carolina, and six registered North Carolina voters who are US citizens and meet the eligibility requirements for voting in the 2024 election. 

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League of Women Voters Remembers Jimmy Carter

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in December 2024.

Public Statement

WASHINGTON — The League of Women Voters issued the following statement on the passing of former President Jimmy Carter.

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President Biden: Why Are Women Waiting for Equality?

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in December 2024.

Blog Post

It’s 2024. 101 years have passed since the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was proposed, and women’s equal rights are still not enshrined in the US Constitution.

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Florida's Voter Intimidation Crisis

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in December 2024.

Blog Post

In recent years, the state of Florida has implemented an alarming series of policies that undermine voter participation, creating conditions ripe for mass voter intimidation. 

These instances of systematic voter intimidation are a dangerous and deliberate attempt to disenfranchise certain communities — led explicitly by state institutions. 

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More than 140 Diverse Nonprofit Organizations Call on President to Act for Publication of Equal Rights Amendment

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in December 2024.

Public Statement

Today, the League of Women Voters of the United States and more than 140 nonprofit organizations leading in women's, reproductive, LGBTQIA+, civil, and human rights sent a letter to President Biden calling for immediate action to add the duly ratified Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the US Constitution by instructing the US Archivist to certify and publish it.

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