Join the LWVLoCo or Renew your Membership

We invite you to be a part of the League of Women Voters of Lorain County.

Everyone 16 and older is welcome! As a member, you will:

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have the opportunity to participate in local, state, and national League work
get exclusive civic information you can trust
know that your membership dues add to our grassroots strength and our financial resources.

This Membership Form may be printed, filled out and mailed with payment to:
LWVLoCo
PO Box 543
Oberlin, OH 44074
You may also join below using PayPal. Please note that the cost of membership is slightly higher if you use PayPal because of the PayPal service charge.

The League of Women Voters was born from such a struggle. The 19th Amendment was finally included in the US Constitution on August 26, 1920

On February 14,1920, the League was formed on the premise that a nonpartisan civic organization could provide the education and experience the public needed to assure the success of democracy. Founder Carrie Chapman Catt exclaimed that the League was formed to “finish the fight” to win national woman suffrage. Yet within the struggle for the right to vote, we left some of our sisters behind when the 75-year fight for votes for women didn’t include securing these rights for women of color. And that struggle continued for decades until the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

And now today, across the states, barriers to voting are being erected to disenfranchise communities of color, people of low-income, students, and people with disabilities. All eligible voters should be able to cast a ballot confidently, proudly, and without additional requirements that prevent them from voting. It is clear that the “fight” remains unfinished. From this vantage point, looking back while planning ahead, we’re committed to remembering and commemorating the accomplishments of all those who fought for our right to vote while advocating for voting reforms and defending democracy. And that the work of the League is needed as much now as it was at its founding.

League of Women Voters ^®
of Lorain County