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Shannon Augustus

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Press Secretary / Director of Media Relations

Shannon Augustus serves as Press Secretary of the League of Women Voters of the United States, where she is responsible for the League’s press outreach and media requests.

Prior to joining the League, Shannon served as a strategic marketing manager for a state government affairs firm. There, she led the firm's strategic marketing, communications, and brand messaging.

Shannon’s professional career started in the television industry, where she worked at C-SPAN for several years as a producer. Her stints included coverage of the White House and multiple presidential elections. She also held roles on C-SPAN’s marketing and communications team for the C-SPAN Bus program. In that role, Shannon served as spokesman and was tasked with the network's corporate and community relations activities.  

Shannon is a native of the Washington, DC area and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from the University of Maryland.

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League of Women Voters Made 30M Contacts in 2024 Election (Press Release)

WASHINGTON — The League of Women Voters, a 104-year-old voting rights organization, made a record-breaking 30 million contacts during the 2024 election cycle, providing voters with nonpartisan voting information ahead of Election Day.  

League of Women Voters Statement on 2024 Election Results (Press Release)

The League of Women Voters of the United States president Dianna Wynn and CEO Celina Stewart released the following statement on the 2024 election results.

UPDATED: Georgia Civic Engagement Groups Fight to Ensure Absentee Ballots are Counted (Press Release)

UPDATE: A federal judge in Georgia denied the plaintiffs request for emergency relief, ensuring that all valid absentee ballots turned in through the Election Day deadline will be counted. 

The League of Women Voters of Georgia, Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, and Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda filed an amicus brief in Republican National Committee v. Mahoney to ensure that absentee ballots received over the weekend are counted. 

The League of Women Voters of the United States Condemns Violent Rhetoric in Final Days of Campaigning Before Election Day (Press Release)

The League of Women Voters of the United States denounces any political leaders and candidates using language that invokes violence.

Five Election-Related Legal Cases You Should Know About This Week (Press Release)

Here’s a list of the top five election-related legal cases you should know about this week.

Virginia Immigrant & Voting Rights Groups Outraged at SCOTUS Allowing Voter Disenfranchisement (Press Release)

The Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights (VACIR), the League of Women Voters of Virginia (LWVVA), and African Communities Together (ACT) are disappointed and alarmed the Supreme Court of the United States has allowed Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin to wrongfully remove qualified voters from the voting rolls less than one week before a federal election.

League of Women Voters of the United States Condemns the Burning of Ballot Boxes (Press Release)

This statement has been corrected to reflect that the drop boxes in Oregon and Washington are not USPS drop boxes.

The League of Women Voters of the United States, condemns, in the strongest terms, the intentional burning of ballot boxes in Oregon, Washington, and Arizona.

League of Women Voters Condemn Racist and Sexist Rhetoric at Trump Campaign Rally (Press Release)

The League of Women Voters of the United States condemns the racist and sexist statements made during former President Donald Trump’s recent campaign rally at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Two-Thirds of Americans Oppose National Abortion and IVF Bans, According to New UMass Amherst/League of Women Voters Poll (Press Release)

AMHERST, MA — With reproductive issues central in campaign messaging and voters’ decision-making as Americans cast their ballots in the 2024 elections, a new national University of Massachusetts Amherst/League of Women Voters Poll finds that two-thirds of Americans oppose potential national bans on abortion and in vitro fertilization (IVF). 

Victory! Virginia Voter Purges Put to a Stop Ahead of the 2024 Election (Press Release)

Today, the VACIR, LWVVA and ACT successfully defended naturalized Americans who were unfairly targeted in Virginia’s illegal and last-minute purge program.