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Juliette Boberg Joins LWV as Director of Corporate and Organizational Partnerships
WASHINGTON - The League of Women Voters is proud to announce Juliette Boberg as director of corporate and organizational partnerships. Juliette joins the League’s growing external affairs team and will build strategic partnerships with businesses and organizations that share the organization's goals.   
League of Women Voters Mourns Passing of Senator Dianne Feinstein
LWV of San Francisco, LWV of California, and LWV of the US issued the following statement on the passing of Senator Dianne Feinstein.
LWV Applauds House Reintroduction of John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
WASHINGTON – Today the League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement in response to the House reintroduction of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act: 
LWV Reaches over 100,000 Voters for National Voter Registration Day
WASHINGTON – The League of Women Voters is set to reach over 100,000 voters this year for the civic holiday of National Voter Registration Day. National Voter Registration Day is recognized every year during the third week of September, as a nonpartisan civic holiday where organizations come together to register hundreds of thousands of voters on a single day.  Since the inception of NVRD in 2012, the League has been the largest on-the-ground partner.   
LWVPA Files Brief in Support of Voter Privacy in Federal Appeal
HARRISBURG, PA — Yesterday, the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania (LWVPA) filed an amicus brief in Public Interest Legal Foundation v. Schmidt, a case before the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, urging the court to reject an attempt to disclose personal information of voters to a third-party, private group. The League is represented by Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.
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League of Women Voters works to register 18-year-olds for next presidential election

This news segment originally aired on WBIR.

'Your vote is your voice': WSU celebrates National Voter Registration Day

This article was originally published by The Sunflower.

At the Voter Registration Day event on Sept. 19, members of the Shockers Vote Coalition and the League of Women Voters teamed up to inform students on how to get registered to vote in the Wichita area.

Advocates Raising Awareness on Voter Registration Day

This story was originally published by Public News Service.

Deb Liebman, director of voter services and vice president with the League of Women Voters, said state and local elections are also important.
 

How new state and local efforts are trying to register more people to vote

This segment originally aired on PBS NewsHour.

Organizers on Tuesday took part in National Voter Registration Day, a civic holiday to encourage and register Americans to participate in elections up and down the ballot. The League of Women Voters is one of the largest on-the-ground organizations signing people up. Their president, Deborah Turner, joins Geoff Bennett to discuss the effort amid the 2024 presidential race ahead of key elections.

League of Women Voters works to bring out the vote

This story was originally published by The Meridian Star.

September is national Voter Registration Month, and the east central Mississippi chapter of the League of Women Voters is working to help residents register to vote in the upcoming general election. The nonpartisan organization is set to hold several events over the next month to provide residents with information about where to vote, Mississippi’s voter ID laws and what rights they have as voters.

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