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Action Alert: End the Shutdown/Protect Healthcare and SNAP

Date: October 28, 2025 To: All LWVOR Members From: Mark Kendall, LWVOR President Jean Pierce, LWVOR Advocacy Chair TAKE ACTION: 1. Contact your Congressional legislators to end the shutdown while protecting Healthcare: Fight to end the government shutdown and at the same time extend Affordable Care Act subsidies (affecting more than 340,000 Oregonians) Pressure the USDA to release the SNAP contingency funds Congress approved for November and to supplement it with other

Oct 28, 20252 min read

All-Members Newsletter - October 2025

Read the latest All-members newsletter here. Find our printable version here.

Lindsay LaPlante

Oct 1, 20251 min read

League of Women Voters Condemns Unjustified National Guard Deployment to Portland

PORTLAND AND WASHINGTON, DC — The League of Women Voters of Oregon and the League of Women Voters of the US issued the following joint...

Sep 29, 20251 min read

Oregon Democracy Update: September 26, 2025

Dear League members, In the first three weeks of my tenure as President of the League of Women Voters of Oregon (LWVOR) , there have been...

Sep 25, 20253 min read

Introductory Remarks from Mark Kendall, LWVOR President

Our new LWVOR President, Mark Kendall, began his term on September 1. We’re happy to share his introductory remarks to League members...

Sep 13, 20252 min read

Fall Workshop 2025 - Save the Date!

Save the Date for Fall Workshop The LWVOR Voter Service Committee is proud to sponsor the 2025 Fall Workshop! This event will take place...

Sep 8, 20251 min read

All-Members Newsletter - September 2025

Read the latest All-members newsletter here. Find our printable version here.

Lindsay LaPlante

Aug 31, 20251 min read

All-Members Newsletter - August 2025

Read the latest All-members newsletter here. Find our printable version here.

Lindsay LaPlante

Jul 31, 20251 min read

All-Members Newsletter - July 2025

Read the latest All-members newsletter here. Find our printable version here.

Lindsay LaPlante

Jul 1, 20251 min read

ACTION ALERT: Oppose HB 3392 - Don't Delay Campaign Finance Reform

Date: June 25, 2025 To: All LWVOR Members From: Lisa Bentson, LWVOR President Norman Turrill, Governance Coordinator TAKE ACTION: ...

Jun 26, 20252 min read

VOTER 2025 Convention Edition

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

Lindsay LaPlante

Jun 20, 20258 min read

League of Women Voters of Oregon Urges Guardrails on National Guard Deployments

The League has urged lawmakers to examine and support HB 3954, now amended, outlining when the Oregon National Guard can be activated by the Adjutant General.

Jun 19, 20251 min read