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On Air Today: Jennifer Rubin of the League of Women Voters (News Clips)

This conversation originally aired on 97.9's The Hill.

Jennifer Rubin, president of the League of Women Voters of North Carolina, spoke to Brighton McConnell from 97.9 The Hill about the League's work and priorities ahead of 2024.

Anti-LGBTQIA+ State Legislative Trends (Blog)

In the past couple of years, we have seen unprecedented numbers of legislative attacks on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and other sexual and gender minority (LGBTQIA+) individuals, particularly transgender (trans) and non-binary youth. These attacks, accompanied and “justified” by false and pathologizing narratives about LGBTQIA+ people, have devastating consequences for the community’s physical and psychological well-being. 

Michigan elections are secure and accurate (News Clips)

This letter to the editor was originally published in The Morning Sun.

Theresa Turner from the League of Women Voters of Mt. Pleasant Area wrote about elections in Michigan.

Iowa Capitol crowded as lawmakers consider six week abortion ban (News Clips)

This story was originally published by RadioIowa.

Dr. Deborah Ann Turner, president of the League of Women Voters of the United States, is an OB/GYN who was medical director at Planned Parenthood North Central States. She previously practiced at hospitals in Davenport, Mason City and Des Moines. “Respect the people seeking abortion as individuals,” Turner said at the hearing “…You have no license or right to make medical decisions about anyone’s health except your own.”

NM Supreme Court’s redistricting decision provides a victory for fair democracy (Press Release)
Felon voting registration events held following new law enactment (News Clips)

This story originally aired on FOX9.

It’s been more than a month since over 55,000 Minnesotans re-gained the right to vote, and efforts to remind them of that continue.

"A lot of these events are really to continue to keep the message out there," said Michelle Witte of the League of Women Voters Minnesota. "That this is now available to you to have the freedom to vote."

On Friday, the League set up a table in the front hallway of the federal courthouse in Minneapolis to help those who are out of prison for a felony, but still on supervision, register to vote.

Asian Americans feels particularly targeted by new laws criminalizing those who assist voters (News Clips)

This story was originally published by Associated Press.

For a century, the League of Women Voters in Florida formed bonds with marginalized residents by helping them register to vote — and, in recent years, those efforts have extended to the growing Asian American and Asian immigrant communities.

But a state law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in May would have forced the group to alter its strategy.

Judge Blocks Part of Florida’s Restrictive Voting Law Targeting Nonpartisan Civic Engagement Groups (Press Release)
Quiz: How Well Do You Know America's Female Democracy Icons? Part 2 (Blog)

How much do you know about our democracy’s Founding Mothers from the eighteenth century to today?

It's been 100 years. It's time to ratify the ERA (News Clips)

This opinion was originally published in The Salt Lake Tribune.

Vicki Samuelson from the League of Women Voters of Utah wrote about why it's time to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).