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YBOR CITY, Fla. – The League of Women Voters of Hillsborough & Pasco Counties and the League of Women Voters of Florida are devastated by the tragedy that unfolded in Ybor City on October 29. This senseless act of violence serves as a stark reminder of the...
A Florida trial court has sided with plaintiffs including the League of Women Voters of Florida in the case Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute v. Byrd, ruling that Florida’s congressional map violates Article III, § 20 of the Florida Constitution,...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The legal challenge against Florida’s congressional map in Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute v. Byrd, which includes the League of Women Voters of Florida, has significantly strengthened as a result of an agreement between the...
ORLANDO, Fla. – The League of Women Voters of Florida and the League of Women Voters of Orange County express strong condemnation of the suspension of democratically elected Orange and Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell. “Removing State Attorney Worrell and in...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 12, 2023 A federal judge has declined to block enforcement of two provisions of a Florida anti-voter law, Senate Bill 7050, challenged by the League of Women Voters of Florida (LWVFL). Campaign Legal Center (CLC) is representing LWVFL in...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – On June 8, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld in Allen v. Milligan a lower court ruling that Alabama must create a second majority Black congressional district in compliance with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. In reaction to this...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 7, 2023 ORLANDO, Fla. – This weekend, the League of Women Voters of Florida elected a new state board of directors. Cecile M. Scoon, Esq., who was elected in 2021, will remain as the organization’s board co-president for the next two years....
For Immediate Release: May 24, 2023 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Today, the League of Women Voters of Florida, represented by Campaign Legal Center (CLC), sued Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and Secretary of State Cord Byrd to block provisions of Florida’s recently...
A coalition entitled “Floridians Protecting Freedom” has launched a citizen-led ballot initiative campaign to give women the right to seek abortions up to viability. Florida voters want women to have the chance to ensure that their personal medical decisions are...
In response to the final passage of Florida’s Senate Bill 7050 today (April 28, 2023), the League of Women Voters of Florida President Cecile M. Scoon, Esq. offers the following statement: “The League of Women Voters of Florida expresses deep disappointment in...
Omissions put thousands of Floridians with past criminal convictions at risk of criminal prosecution FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The League of Women Voters of Florida and the Florida State Conference of the NAACP filed suit in federal...
The League of Women Voters of Florida alongside the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, Common Cause Florida, All Voting is Local Action, the NAACP Florida State Conference, Equal Ground Action Fund, Fair Elections Center, Faith in Public Life,The Legal Defense...
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