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  • Absentee Voting Information

    ABSENTEE VOTING INFORMATION Oral arguments in the absentee ballot lawsuit filed by LWVMO and the NAACP were heard in the Missouri Supreme Court on June 15. ACLU lawyer Sophia Lakin argued that voters should not need to have their signatures on ballot envelopes verified by a notary during the COVID-19 pandemic. The League hopes for…

  • Diversity & Inclusion: Improving Participation & Engagement with Voters Lunch & Learn Tuesday, June 9, 2020 Guest speaker Nikki McGruder Director of the Inclusive Impact Institute Here is a link to where you can view the program: https://youtu.be/gXKFTWyXERY Nikki is an extremely dynamic, knowledgeable and engaging speaker. She will focus specifically on inclusivity and diversity…

  • Lunch and Learn and Election Forums on YouTube

    Lunch & Learn and Election Forums on Zoom Here are “Youtube” Links to the Programs: Lunch and Learn with Kari Utterback- “Be Inclusive Every Day” – Held Tuesday, May 12, 2020 https://youtu.be/YhntVf9uxNk Columbia City Council Ward 1 Forum – Held Tuesday, May 12, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Cy-Fbqledg Columbia Public School Board Candidates Forum – Held Wednesday, May…

  • Three May Events on Zoom

    Due to the pandemic, we have moved these three events to an online setting instead of our usual location at the Columbia Public Library. This will be on Zoom. There will be a limit of 100 individuals able to log in to each program. The detail for login information is provided below for each event.…

  • Voter Protection Lawsuit

    LWVMO Joins in Lawsuit to Protect Missouri Voters   To protect the right to vote in 2020, the League of Women Voters of Missouri has joined the NAACP and several individual voters in filing a lawsuit in Cole County Friday that seeks a declaratory judgment that physical distancing and fear of contracting COVID-19 are valid…