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The big national elections are the ones that really matter … right? Many Americans feel that way. But the fact is, an off-year election may have an even bigger impact on your day-to-day life — and your vote can have a bigger impact on the outcome.

The Board of Directors wrote an editorial about the importance of voting.

The League of Women Voters (LWV) and five state and local Leagues (the League) filed a lawsuit against the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other federal officials for enacting—abruptly and without following required process—a new rule that bars nonpartisan civic engagement groups from providing voter registration and promoting civic engagement to new US citizens at administrative naturalization ceremonies. The League is represented by Campaign Legal Center (CLC).

The League of Women Voters Education Fund has been awarded a $1 million philanthropic grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York to expand youth civic education and engagement programs nationwide.

A federal court issued a decisive ruling in League of Women Voters Education Fund v. Trump, permanently blocking a provision of President Trump’s March voting executive order that sought to add a requirement to show a passport or similar document proving citizenship when registering to vote with the federal voter registration form that would disproportionately impact voters of color.

PORTLAND AND WASHINGTON, DC — The League of Women Voters of Oregon and the League of Women Voters of the US issued the following joint statement in response to the deployment of the National Guard in Portland.

A fourth candidate forum, featuring Battle Ground and Hockinson
races, has been added by the League of Women Voters of Clark County.

The USCIS decision to bar nonpartisan organizations from providing voter registration services at naturalization ceremonies is an attempt to keep new citizens from accessing their full rights.

Three candidate forums are scheduled for Sept. 6, Sept. 24, and Oct. 10