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Today, the League of Women Voters marks 106 years of standing up for democracy when it has been challenged, undermined, or ignored. Our history is complex and unfinished, but it is defined by a refusal to back down from the fight for equal participation and equal rights. For more than Read more
Protecting Your Vote: A Conversation with Tobias Read and Tim Scott The live panel was held on Monday, September 14, 2026. Watch or Listen to the Panel Watch the recorded video of the discussion: Listen to the recorded podcast of the discussion: About the Program The League of Women Voters Read more
National League Perspectives on Recent Court Cases The League of Women Voters is actively challenging the restrictions to mail-in voting we have been seeing from the Trump administration: the League of Women Voters (US) and its Massachusetts League are parties on the lawsuit in federal court. Follow updates about the Read more
To mark the anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, LWVPDX is joining in the LWVUS’s nationwide Voting Rights Day of Civic Action. Communities across the country are coming together to strengthen voter participation and protect the freedom to vote! Find an event near you: https://www.mobilize.us/lwv/map/ LWVPDX will write Read more
Celebrate our country’s 250th birthday with art and democracy – and the League of Women Voters! What does democracy mean for the United States at this moment in history? LWVPDX is excited to celebrate our country’s 250th birthday in collaboration with artists at Oregon Contemporary as part of their biennial Read more
Last week, leaders from your Portland League were honored to join Senator Ron Wyden at his press conference about why we oppose the heinous SAVE Act sitting in the Senate right now. Secretary of State Tobias Read also addressed the group, along with leaders from three local civil rights groups. Read more