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LWV Challenges Trump Anti-Voter Order

press release

Submitted by Spokane Area in April 2025.

Public Statement

Federal Court Blocks Part of Anti-Voter Trump Executive Order Challenged by League of Women Voters

 

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Supporting Local Journalism SB 5400

Journalism Newspapers

Submitted by Spokane Area in February 2025.

Press Mention

There is amazing access to information in our times; however, this information does not necessarily include what is going on in local communities. This puts democracy at risk. 

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Immigration: Nuts & Bolts of a Complex Issue - Guest Column by Susan Martin

ImmigRATION nuts and bolts

Submitted by Spokane Area in December 2024.

Public Statement

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One Person One Vote - Electoral College Reform

Electoral College Reform

Submitted by Spokane Area in August 2024.

Public Statement

PDF icon Member Elaine Harger's full letter published in the Spokesman Review

LWV supports efforts to make presidential elections one person, one vote ensuring that every vote counts in our presidential elections.

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League of Women Voters Denounces National Guard Deployment in Memphis as Dangerous Overreach

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in September 2025.

Public Statement

LWV of Memphis-Shelby County, LWV of Tennessee, and LWV of the US issued the following joint statement in response to President Trump and Governor Bill Lee’s plan to deploy the National Guard in Memphis.

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LWV of Iowa, One Iowa file Brief Against Discriminatory Anti-LGBTQIA+ Law in Schools

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in September 2025.

Public Statement

LWV of Iowa filed an amicus brief on Friday supporting a partial preliminary injunction against provisions of SF496, a law that restricts books on LGBTQIA+ subjects in school libraries and the rights of LGBTQIA+ students in schools. 

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LWV and Partners File Amicus Brief in Opposition to Texas’ Racially Discriminatory Congressional Maps

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in September 2025.

Public Statement

LWV, LWV of Texas and other nonprofit, nonpartisan civil rights and racial justice organizations filed an amicus brief arguing that the court should block Texas’s newly enacted and racially discriminatory 2025 congressional map. 

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League of Women Voters Mobilizes Voters for National Voter Registration Day 2025

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in September 2025.

Public Statement

The League of Women Voters will host more than 750 voter registration events this year in recognition of National Voter Registration Day on Tuesday, September 16.  

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What You Need to Know About the National Guard, the Insurrection Act, and Martial Law

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in September 2025.

Blog Post

In moments of political uncertainty, concepts like the Insurrection Act or “martial law” can feel abstract – until they don’t. Given the current administration’s recent federal deployment of the National Guard in California and federal takeover of Washington DC, many are wondering: what is martial law? Does the president have the right to use military force in our cities? Are we on the brink of something more dangerous?  

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