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2019 Annual Meeting
2019 Annual Meeting
Message from LWVUS
7/18/2019
WASHINGTON – Today League of Women Voters board president Chris Carson and CEO Virginia Kase issued the following statement:
"The racist rhetoric and attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar and other female members of Congress are deplorable, they dishonor the office of the President, and frankly, they are un-American.
"The escalating hate and xenophobic tweets are a distraction from the real problems facing our democracy, designed to further divide the American people.
"We must not let these racist outcries distract us from the important work of building a more inclusive democracy.
"Our great country is made stronger by the diversity of the people living in the United States. There is more that unites us than divides us.
"These attacks are wrong, and we must call them what they are: blatantly xenophobic."
WASHINGTON – Today League of Women Voters board president Chris Carson and CEO Virginia Kase issued the following statement:
"The racist rhetoric and attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar and other female members of Congress are deplorable, they dishonor the office of the President, and frankly, they are un-American.
"The escalating hate and xenophobic tweets are a distraction from the real problems facing our democracy, designed to further divide the American people.
"We must not let these racist outcries distract us from the important work of building a more inclusive democracy.
"Our great country is made stronger by the diversity of the people living in the United States. There is more that unites us than divides us.
"These attacks are wrong, and we must call them what they are: blatantly xenophobic."
The League of Women Voters of California is celebrating some big wins:
- AB 849, the Fair Maps Act, has passed out of the Assembly and is in the Senate Appropriations Committee. Once passed, this bill will combat partisan and racially-discriminatory gerrymandering at the local level.
- SB 72 has passed out of the Senate and is in the Assembly Appropriations Committee. Upon passage, it will bring Election Day Registration to every California polling place in 2020.
- SB 139, the People's Maps Act, also passed out of the Senate, and is one step closer to giving people–not politicians–the power to draw the lines in large counties.
2019 LWVC Convention and LWV highlights
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Register and educate voters through our work in VOTER SERVICES
Take Action based on our positions through ADVOCACY
Inform and educate the community of our issues with League PROGRAMS
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