Our News and Announcements

Our News and Announcements

Many of the articles here also appear in the quarterly newsletter, The Mason County Voter.  Full copies are available in pdf format on the newsletter page.  

MASON COUNTY Articles

Celebrate Pride Month

June Pride Month

Submitted by MASON COUNTY in June 2026.

News

Pride Month is celebrated in June each year to commemorate the contributions of our LGBTQ community.

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Decline to Sign IP26-500

DECLINE TO SIGN

Submitted by MASON COUNTY in June 2026.

News

Washington’s voter registration system is being challenged.  Decline to sign the initiative that would put IL26-500 on the November 2026 ballot.

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LWV Condemns SCOTUS Ruling Dismantling the Bedrock of Civil Rights Law

redistricting

Submitted by MASON COUNTY in May 2026.

News

The League of Women Voters of Washington joins with the 

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LWV Urges Congress to Exercise it's Authority

Light4democracy

Submitted by MASON COUNTY in March 2025.

News

 

On the 105th anniversary of its founding, the League of Women Voters sent a letter to Congressional leadership regarding the organization’s grave concern over the state of our nation.

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LWV MASON COUNTY POLICY ON CANDIDATE EVENTS

"Pros and Cons"

Submitted by MASON COUNTY in July 2022.

News

To get more background on our Candidate Events we invite you to read our Candidate Events Policy.

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UPDATE: Civil Rights Groups File Emergency Federal Challenge to Louisiana Officials’ Attempt to Suspend Election Already Underway

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in June 2026.

Public Statement

A group of individual voters, the League of Women Voters of Louisiana, and the League of Women Voters of Louisiana Education Fund today filed an emergency lawsuit in federal court seeking to block Secretary of State Nancy Landry’s implementation of Governor Jeff Landry’s unlawful executive order that attempts to suspend Louisiana’s congressional House primary elections after voting had already begun.

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League of Women Voters Statement on Supreme Court’s Decision on Alabama Congressional Map

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in June 2026.

Public Statement

The League of Women Voters of the United States and the League of Women Voters of Alabama issued the following statement in response to the US Supreme Court’s decision to allow Alabama to use the Legislature's gerrymandered 2023 congressional map for the 2026 election cycle.

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LWV CEO Celina Stewart Named Northeastern Law’s Brown Forum for Women in the Law Practitioner-in-Residence

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in June 2026.

Public Statement

Celina Stewart, a nationally recognized voting rights attorney and champion of American democracy, has been named by Northeastern Law’s Judith Olans Brown Forum for Women in the Law (WIL) as its Practitioner-in-Residence for 2026–2027.

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Colorado’s Response to Chiles v. Salazar: Conversion Therapy and Free Speech

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in June 2026.

Blog Post

In March 2026, the Supreme Court determined that Colorado’s Conversion Therapy ban violated the First Amendment, in a major loss to LGBTQIA+ rights. 

Colorado moved quickly on two fronts: maintaining protections for youth in a way consistent with the First Amendment and strengthening accountability for past harm. 

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Federal Court Hears Challenge to Trump Executive Order Restricting Mail-in Ballots

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in June 2026.

Public Statement

A federal District Court heard arguments today in a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s March 31 executive order concerning mail-in voting. Plaintiffs argue that the order violates the US Constitution and federal law and risks mass disenfranchisement of eligible voters.

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