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Our 2026 League of Women Voters of Oregon Council Meeting is scheduled for a single day, Saturday May 16, at the Historic Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 661 in Salem, Oregon. Battlefield Veterans Post Commander Rick Breen, Vice Commander Dean Howes, Women’s Veterans Outreach Coordinator Margaret Estella Garcia and Veterans’ Services Representative Rosy Macias will be enthusiastically welcoming us all at opening ceremonies. We again hope to have the Girl Scouts Color Guard, whi

⭐LWV of Clackamas County  LWV of Clackamas County Events Calendar ⭐LWV of Coos County  LWV of Coos County Events Calendar March 7 - 10:30am to 12pm at Umpqua Hall on the SWOCC Campus in Coos Bay The League of Women Voters of Coos County will be hosting a discussion with the Honorable Megan Jacquot, Judge of the Oregon Court of Appeals, and the Honorable Martin E. Stone, Judge of the Circuit Court of Coos and Curry Counties.  The judges will offer their insights on the Constit

Advocating for Wildlife Conservation at the Capitol by Lily Yao and Zev Wacks, LWV of Lane County and LWVOR Youth Council Members  On February 11, we visited the Oregon State Capitol for a Wildlife Action Day in support of “1.25% for Wildlife,” or HB 4134 . This bipartisan bill would raise Oregon’s transient lodging tax by 1.25% to secure dedicated funding for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. It is expected to raise roughly $30 million each year, while maintaining

Greetings Members and Friends, The 2025 Oregon State Convention was held in Salem this past May.  Please join me in expressing our...

Greetings! As we head into a pivotal season for civic engagement, our work to empower voters and defend democracy continues with renewed...

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Shirley was born in 1933 near Puget Sound in the very small town of La Conner, Washington, 60 miles north of Seattle and 60 miles south...

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Dear Friend, Welcome to our Fall Voter Newsletter! Read on to learn about our youth-led efforts to empower the next generation of voters...

TABLE OF CONTENTS President's Column Action Committee Report Development Report Youth Council Perspective 2024 OSME Update Website...

TABLE OF CONTENTS President’s Report First Call to Convention Youth Outreach Update Voter Service Update Nominating Committee Program...

IN THIS ISSUE... PRESIDENT'S COLUMN ENDOWMENT FROM OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION GRANT FROM OREGON STATE CAPITOL FOUNDATION TOP LWVUS...

Spring Voter 2022 IN THIS ISSUE PRESIDENT’S COLUMN UPDATING LOCAL LEAGUE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES JOSEPHINE COUNTY CHARTER UPDATE LWVOR...

IN THIS ISSUE... PRESIDENT’S COLUMN ARE FIREARMS BANNED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN YOUR COMMUNITY 2022 INITIATIVE PETITIONS TO REDUCE GUN...

By Terry Styner, Member of the Study Committee and the Washington County Unit Building on the 1988 LWV study on child care in Oregon, the...

by Peggy Lynch, Natural Resources Coordinator for the State Action Team 2021 legislative session was remarkable in many ways. For water...

By Becky Gladstone, LWVOR President Dear members, We are pleased to welcome a new VOTER editor and we will be asking you about a fresh...

By Peggy Bengry Since our 2017 position on election methods, new ideas have surfaced that, as our position states, could “affect how...

by Chris Cobey and Norman Turrill Proving Oregon residents’ abiding interest in Oregon’s redistricting process, Norman Turrill, Dan...

Wildfires have increasingly become part of our lives. As of early Sept, there are 23 active fires with more than 200,000 acres burned...