Women Defend Democracy

Our democracy has been tested, coming to a head in the 2024 elections, and will likely continue to be tested in the months and years ahead. As an organization dedicated to empowering voters and defending democracy, the League of Women Voters will continue our work to protect and expand voting rights and challenge those who seek to undermine democratic principles and processes.

"Women Defend Democracy” is the new programmatic focus for the League in 2025, centering people power and moving our country towards a stronger, multi-racial democracy.

For 105 years, the League of Women Voters has worked to provide voters with election information, safeguard voter access, uphold election integrity, and defend against efforts to undermine democratic principles. Today, the organization is stronger than ever, with a growing, vibrant membership of activists tackling the challenges to our democracy in every corner of our country. As the League continues to build a membership that reflects America, we recognize the continued challenges our democracy will face.

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Through the “Women Defend Democracy” campaign, the League will work to:

Provide Democracy Education & Election Administration Support
Restore and Defend Voting Rights Protections
Abolish the Electoral College
Protect Democracy Organizations & Institutions
Fight for Reproductive Freedoms

League of Women Voters is well-positioned to defend attacks on democracy in the coming months and years. Together, we believe in the power of women to create a more perfect democracy.

This campaign kicked off in the first 100 days of the Trump administration and evolved to include the initiative Unite and Rise 8.5

Unite and Rise 8.5

Since the Trump administration took office, we’ve seen increased attacks on our democratic systems and a failure by Congress to intervene. This came to a head in early April, when the president defied a Supreme Court order to return the wrongfully deported Marylander Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia.

The following day, LWV [NI1] CEO Celina Stewart and President Dianna Wynn released the following statement:

"We the people must fight back. That is why the League of Women Voters is launching a powerful new initiative, Unite and Rise 8.5.”