Healthcare Team Meet-Up

Posted on August 15, 2024 in League News | comments

Wednesday, Aug 21 from 5 to 6 PM The Healthcare Team’s mission is to educate LWVBAE members on approaches to healthcare reform. We’re having an informal meet-up with free-flowing conversation about health care. B...

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Explaining the Abortion Care Challenge in United States v. Idaho

Posted on August 11, 2024 in League News | comments

This blog examines United States v. Idaho, a federal challenge to the near-total state abortion ban passed in Idaho. Advocates for bodily autonomy and reproductive justice have followed the case since it was filed in Aug...

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League of Women Voters Statement on VOTE411.org

Posted on August 2, 2024 in League News | comments

WASHINGTON – Today the League of Women Voters Education Fund issued the following statement regarding the League’s nonpartisan election information tool VOTE411.org: “It’s troubling that misinformation about the ...

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Update on Specialized Care Unit

Posted on July 30, 2024 in League News | comments

The Berkeley Police Accountability Board (PAB) held its second meeting of July at 6:30 on Wednesday, July 24th. The meeting started as all PAB meetings do, with the land acknowledgment of the Ohlone People. Deputy Police...

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Election 2024: Voter Service Volunteers Needed

Posted on July 30, 2024 in League News | comments

We are looking for more volunteers. Let us know if you are interested! VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR: –Answering the phone at the League office on Election day and the day before, November 4th and 5th, to answer last minute qu...

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National Night Out 2024

Posted on July 29, 2024 in League News | comments

The evening of Tuesday August 6, 5:00 to 8:00pm is National Night Out, a nationwide effort to make communities safer by building and strengthening relationships among neighbors. Strong neighborhoods help us become more r...

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LWV Responds to House Vote on the SAVE Act

Posted on July 27, 2024 in League News | comments

WASHINGTON, DC — League of Women Voters of the United States issued the following statement in response to the House passage of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act: “Instead of advancing meaningful le...

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Federal Court Strikes Down Restrictions on Voters with Disabilities in Ohio

Posted on July 27, 2024 in League News | comments

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal court has struck down restrictions in Ohio’s House Bill 458 that made it a crime for all but a handful of family members to assist voters with disabilities in casting absentee ballots. The...

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Electoral College Part 4

Posted on July 22, 2024 in League News | comments

Proof of Concept It is time now to do away with the Electoral College and institute the national popular vote. It is time to provide true incentives for the political parties to win the true majority of voters and addres...

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The Legal Aspects of Biden’s Replacement

Posted on July 22, 2024 in League News | comments

The League of Women Voters of the United States, as a member organization of the National Task Force on Election Crises, released the following statement on the Democratic party replacing its presumptive presidential nom...

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