Florida Elections 2022: What you need to know?
The League of Women Voters of Florida has joined the campaign to support getting a constitutional amendment on the ballot in 2024 for civil action to enforce our right to clean and healthy waters in Florida. The "Right to Clean and Healthy Waters" is a stopgap,...
In response to Gov. Ron DeSantis’s “major announcement” of arrests made in tandem with the Office of Election Crimes and Security, the League of Women Voters of Florida releases the following statement: The League of Women Voters of Florida unequivocally values...
Today the League of Women Voters of the United States President Dr. Deborah Turner and CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following joint statement in response to the 6 – 3 Supreme Court decision of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturns...
SCOTUS has ruled that a New York law restricting certain individuals from carrying concealed weapons in public is unconstitutional, effectively weakening gun safety laws around the country. The League of Women Voters of Florida, along side League of Women Voters of...
On June 9, 2022, the League of Women Voters of Florida sent all members of the Florida Legislature a letter requesting they vote in favor of holding a special session to address the growing gun violence epidemic. Since 1989, the League of Women Voters of Florida has...
The organizational Plaintiffs in this case, which include the League of Women Voters of Florida, Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute, Equal Ground Education Fund, and Florida Rising Together, issue the following joint statement in response to the Florida...
Florida's First District Court of Appeal has issued a stay and reinstated a gerrymandered congressional map drawn by Gov. Ron DeSantis. The organizational Plaintiffs in this case, which include the League of Women Voters of Florida, Black Voters Matter Capacity...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — On May 12, Leon County Circuit Judge Layne Smith issued a temporary injunction against Florida's congressional redistricting plan, which was drawn by Governor Ron DeSantis and approved by the state legislature. This temporary injunction is a part...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Following the decision from a judge in the Circuit Court of Leon County that plaintiffs were likely to succeed in proving that the configuration of Florida's Congressional District 5 in the ‘DeSantis map’ diminishes the voting power of Black...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Today, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay in League of Women Voters of Florida v. Lee. The initial lawsuit was brought by the League of Women Voters of Florida, Black Voters Matters Fund, Florida Alliance...
In response to Gov. Ron DeSantis signing Florida's Senate Bill 524 into law, the League of Women Voters of Florida releases the following statement: “The League of Women Voters of Florida believes Governor Ron DeSantis has made a mistake by signing Florida's...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — On April 22, the League of Women Voters of Florida joined Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute, Equal Ground Education Fund, Florida Rising Together and several individual Florida voters in filing a lawsuit challenging Florida’s new...
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