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Campaign Finance Reform HB3392
LWVOR requests we TAKE ACTION: Contact all your House and Senate members, particularly members of the Senate Committee on Rules, to urge them to oppose HB 3392 on campaign finance reform, as amended. A last-minute backroom deal has apparently been made to exchange Republican votes for the Transportation Bill for Democratic votes to delay the implementation of HB 4024 (2024)…
Protect Oregonians from Harmful Budget Cuts | Contact Congress
A proposed federal Budget Reconciliation bill would have devastating impacts on Oregon families: Medicaid: Up to 20% of Oregonians on Medicaid could lose coverage—the highest projected loss of any state.SNAP (Food Assistance): Cuts of over $290 billion would jeopardize access to food for nearly 800,000 Oregon families.Student Loans: The bill would slash $350 billion from student aid by ending subsidized and income-driven repayment plans…
HB3971 Solid waste disposal in the Willamette Valley; declaring an emergency.
The LWVLC supports HB3971. HB 3971 clears a land use pathway for the construction of the CleanLane Materials Recovery Facility to be built in Lane County. The CleanLane facility is designed to recover more resources from our waste stream, and reduce the amount of material sent to the landfill. It takes food waste and recyclables out of the…
Tell Congress Not to Gut Medicaid
Congress is currently considering a budget package that would slash Medicaid funding, putting millions of American’s health care coverage at risk. Medicaid is the single largest source of health coverage in the country. Nearly 72 million Americans, including children, pregnant people, seniors, families with limited income, and people with disabilities, rely on Medicaid for essential…
Equal Rights for All Oregonians
Communications Café: Equal Rights for All Oregonians Campaign Wednesday, May 14th 6:30pm PST Register hereEqual Rights for All is an Oregon ballot measure campaign that will affirm the right to abortion, contraception and IVF, transgender healthcare, and same-gender marriage in the Oregon Constitution regardless of what policies or decisions are made on a national level.…
Federal Court Blocks Part of Anti-Voter Trump Executive Order Challenged
Read the Case Summary Washington, DC — Today, a federal court judge issued a ruling in League of Women Voters et. al. v. Trump et. al., temporarily blocking the US Election Assistance Commission (EAC) from implementing a provision in the President’s executive order adding a requirement to show a passport or similar document proving citizenship when registering to vote via…
SAVE Act UPDATE
A Dangerous Step Backward for Our Democracy: League of Women Voters Responds to Passage of the SAVE Act in the U.S. House Washington, DC — Today, Celina Stewart, CEO of the League of Women Voters of the United States, issued the following statement in response to the passage of the SAVE (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility) Act in the US…
The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act is a Trick
HR 22, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, will require that every eligible voter provide documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote, even though voters in every state are already required to affirm or verify their citizenship status when registering and voting. Additionally, the citizenship documentation would need to be submitted in person to election officials. This…
Attack on American Voters
A Dangerous Attempt to Silence American Voters: LWV Responds to President Trump’s Anti-Voter Executive Order The League of Women Voters of the United States issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump's signed executive order, “Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections,” that threatens Americans’ freedom to vote and tramples states’ constitutional authority…