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Action Alert: Public Comment Period Open on Proposed NC Photo ID Rule Changes

Submitted by North Carolina in May 2026.

Public Statement

The League of Women Voters of North Carolina is encouraging North Carolinians to submit public comments regarding proposed rule changes from the North Carolina Satte Board of Elections that could make it easier to reje

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League of Women Voters of Colorado Challenges One-Party Elections Law in Federal Court

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in May 2026.

Public Statement

The League of Women Voters of Colorado and two individual voters filed a federal lawsuit against HB 25-1315, a state law passed in May 2025 that provides for one-party elections to fill state legislative vacancies in certain circumstances. 

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LWVNC Launches College Civic Engagement Fellowship Program

Students on Campus

Submitted by North Carolina in May 2026.

News

The League of Women Voters of North Carolina is launching a new College Civic Engagement Fellowship pilot program designed to expand nonpartisan voter engagement and civic education efforts on college campuses across

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League of Women Voters, NAACP, and Partners Challenge Tennessee’s Racially Discriminatory Congressional Map

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in May 2026.

Public Statement

he League of Women Voters of Tennessee joined the NAACP and other civil rights organizations and individuals in filing a federal lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s racially discriminatory congressional map.

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The Anti-Gender Movement is a Threat to Democracy

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in May 2026.

Blog Post

The global “anti-gender movement” is a well-funded, coordinated, decades-long movement against gender equality and democracy. We can learn how to resist it by studying the tactics it uses to strip people of their human rights and promote authoritarianism. 

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