LWV leaders at the state and national level are speaking out clearly and decisively about the unlawful and unconstitutional actions of the Trump administration, including Trump's astonishing executive order on elections. Click on the links below to read their statements in their entirety.

In a statement released on March 26, LWVUS CEO Celina Stewart declared "Let’s keep it real: this order is not about protecting elections; it is about making it harder for voters — particularly women voters — to participate in them... The President continues to overstep his authority and brazenly disregard settled law in this country. To be very clear — the League of Women Voters is prepared to fight back and defend our democracy." Added Marcia Johnson, Chief Counsel for LWVUS, "The President can’t unilaterally change election law... This order is not only an attack on American voters’ fundamental freedom to vote, it is also plainly unlawful."

Here in Minnesota, LWVMN Executive Director Michelle Witte co-authored an op ed piece with American Association of University Women Minnesota president Kelsey Waits, published in the Star Tribune on March 23. The authors describe the Administration's attempt to erase women, people of color, and other groups from online federal agency content. "Words like females, feminism, pregnant person, women and underrepresented — terms that describe the health and life experiences of women — are disappearing from federal agencies, including the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health and Centers for Disease Control," they explain, adding, "But we will not be erased."