Centennial of 19th Amendment to be Celebrated Aug. 29 This month, women across the United States mark the centennial of the final ratification of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing most women the right to vote. Deemed Women’s Equality Day, Aug. 26 is the official date for the certification of the 19th Amendment, adding it to the U.S. Constitution. The date is …
Smithsonian exhibit ‘Votes for Women’ arrives in Springfield
History Museum invites visitors to learn about suffragists It’s time to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the courageous women who fought for the right to vote. The Smithsonian Institution brings its traveling exhibit Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence to Springfield’s History Museum on the Square, Aug. 17 to Sept. 28. This …
Notaries offer free services to voters
July 23, 2020–Notaries wanted for absentee and mail-in ballots The new law allowing expanded vote by mail options for Missouri voters in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic means many voters may choose to cast a ballot by mail that requires a notary seal. (See story, below.) Are you a notary? Would you be interested in helping voters who will …
State LWV President: More Election Funding Needed
Missouri needs to invest in election protection, Evelyn Maddox says When Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt held a Senate Rules & Administration Committee hearing on election funding July 22, Republican Director of Elections for St. Louis County was there. “Because of the rapidly changing circumstances and our desire to communicate those changes to our voters, we are incurring unprecedented costs,” the director …
Missouri voters expand Medicaid
UPDATE, Aug. 5, 2020– Missouri became the 38th state to approve Medicaid expansion as voters cast ballots in the Aug. 4 primary election. Amendment 2 passed with 53% in favor, 47% opposed. Medicaid will be expanded to include persons 19 to 64 years old with an income level at or below 133% of the federal poverty level. This newly adopted …
Learn More: Missouri Suffragists
How Missouri Women Gained the Vote and Changed History We’re familiar with the nationwide fight for the 19th Amendment, but what do you know about how it happened in Missouri? The LWV of Columbia-Boone County is partnering with Missouri Humanities to present a second Virtual Book Club. This one will feature author Margot McMillen who wrote “The Golden Lane: How …
Library, League register voters
UPDATE: League member and deputy registrar Kay Murnan is interviewed by KOLR-10 The LWV of Southwest Missouri will register voters and notarize absentee ballots at a series of outdoor opportunities beginning June 25, at six branches of the Springfield-Greene County Library. Last day to register to vote in the Aug. 4 primary is July 8. To maintain safe social …
Acting against racial injustice
(Update, June 27, 2020: Resolution for racial justice sponsored by Missouri League is adopted by National Convention of the League of Women Voters.) RESOLUTION FOR RACIAL JUSTICE By a nearly unanimous vote at its National Convention, the League of Women Voters of the United States passed a Proclamation for Racial Justice on June 27. Leading the way on this call …
Missouri voters to have options in 2020
June 5, 2020–Governor Signs Bill Allowing Vote By Mail in 2020 Missouri voters will have new ways to vote in the August and November 2020 elections. On June 4, Gov. Mike Parson signed into law a bill that provides expanded options for absentee voting and vote by mail for the 2020 elections. The legislation, which includes an emergency clause, goes into …
Day of Action February 14
February 14 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the League of Women Voters. Six months before women finally won the right to vote, Carrie Chapman Catt and other dedicated suffragists established the League at a conference in Chicago. The League encouraged women to use their new power to participate in shaping public policy through grassroots action. This year, …