LWVMO President Marilyn McLeod is often in Jefferson City, testifying against anti-voter legislation. The League's top legislative priority in 2024 is to protect the citizen initiative petition process.
Hybrid Fall Conference featured exceptional speakers. Topics included tips on testifying, a key Supreme Court case, rural hospital closures, and maternal and infant mortality.
Members delivered more than 100 signed voter solicitation forms to the Secretary of State’s office on Sept. 7 to comply with HB1878. A temporary injunction has those new restrictions on hold.
The Missouri House voted on April 25 to approve SJR 74 to eliminate the majority rule that has defined Missouri’s citizen initiative process for more than a century. It will now go back to the Senate for a final vote.
After months of attacks, litigation and delays following the March 2023 filing of the constitutional amendment, Missourians for Constitutional Freedom (MCF) is finally collecting signatures to ask voters to restore reproductive freedom in Missouri
On April 14, the DEI Book Club discussed White Like Me: Race, Racism and White Privilege in America,” a movie narrated by author Tim Wise. Wise suggests that we be color conscious but not color blind.
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to reconsider a troubling decision that blocks individual voters and groups such as the NAACP and the League of Women Voters from challenging discriminatory voting practices or maps in c
The General Assembly stopped funding a presidential preference primary in an omnibus election bill in 2022 (HB1878) and turned it over to the political parties.
LWVMO has endorsed the Missourians for Healthy Families & Fair Wages Initiative, and members are learning how to gather signatures to get it on the ballot in 2024.
The League of Women Voters of Missouri and Missouri NAACP are challenging several sections of a new anti-voter law in court, including requiring an unexpired government-issued photo ID to vote.
Anticipating that efforts to close the primary in 2024 will intensify, MOVPC and Open Primaries are partnering to build awareness about this attack on democracy.
Members enjoyed the election documentary No Time to Fail on Sept. 25. After the film, a panel of election officials discussed the challenges they faced in 2020 and expect in 2024. We heard from St.