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Fall Conference

Information Express: The Train to '24

Board

2023-25 Board

Delegates to the May 6 convention approved the slate by acclamation.

Marilyn McLeod, Jean Dugan and Sharon Schneeberger in the Missouri Capitol

Voting Rights Advocacy Day

Marilyn McLeod, Jean Dugan and Sharon Schneeberger in the Capitol.

 

MM

Testifying in Jeff City

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.

McLeod

Moving Forward Together

Hybrid Fall Conference featured exceptional speakers. Topics included tips on testifying, a key Supreme Court case, rural hospital closures, and maternal and infant mortality.

SOS

Complying with HB1878

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.

Marilyn

HB1878

The League is challenging provisions of HB1878 in court.

Spring22

2022 Spring Conference in Springfield

Members enjoyed a hybrid Spring Conference on April 30, 2022.

Missouri

protect majority rule in Missouri
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The Missouri House voted on March 26 to approve 

abortion
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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

Event Date: 
Mar 23 2024 08:00 am

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.

Our laws are tragically lax in allowing the proliferation of guns. Missouri legislators must do more to protect our communities from the dangers of gun violence and to keep everyone safe.
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Protect Our Vote
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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

JWJ
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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.

train
Event Date: 
Nov 04 2023 09:00 am

The theme for this year's hybrid fall conference was Information Express: The Train to ’24.

Fundamental right
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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.

Event Date: 
Dec 10 2023 04:00 pm

The DEI Book Club will discuss Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann on Feb.

MOVPC
News

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.

Gloria
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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.

Injunction
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Since Judge Jon Beetem issued a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit challenging provisions of HB1878, the state cannot enforce new restrictions on voter registration and absentee ballot solicitation until after the court hears the case and issues