"A slow count is not a sign that something is wrong. In fact, it's a sign that things are going the right way." — our Deputy Director Dora Rose in today's New York Times, setting the record straight on California's elections 🧵
Dora Rose
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Deputy Director, League of Women Voters of California. Lawyer, lobbyist. In the fight to the bitter end. Opinions are my own and do not represent those of my employer. Reposts don’t always = endorsements.
Yesterday, AG Pam Bondi sent a remarkable & telling letter to MN Governor Tim Walz in response to his plea that the administration stand down its mobilization of ICE in the wake of the violent killing of Alex Pretti. Bondi’s letter underscores clear abuses of power. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Read Bondi’s Letter to Minnesota’s Governor
Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota on Saturday that blamed him and other Democratic officials for allowing “lawlessness” in the state. It was not immediately clear ...
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Thank you, @governor.ca.gov for signing SB 42! And to @senatorumberg.bsky.social, our partners at @cacommoncause.bsky.social and @caclean.org and everyone who fought for this critical bill. Voters will now decide in Nov 2026 whether to lift CA’s ban on public campaign financing. #CleanMoney
The League announces No Harm to Our Communities: Mapping Guidance for Elected Leaders, guidance on drawing mid-cycle maps that protect historically disenfranchised communities. Full statement: www.lwv.org/newsroom/pre...
League to Governors: Protect Communities, Draw Equitable Mid-Cycle Maps | League of Women Voters
LWV releases No Harm to Our Communities: Mapping Guidance for Elected Leaders, guidance on drawing mid-cycle maps that protect historically disenfranchised communities.
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The League strongly condemns Texas's harmful new maps, which were designed to silence voters and rig elections. Texans deserve fair maps drawn to reflect their communities — not partisan lines manipulated to entrench power. www.lwv.org/newsroom/pre...
LWV Condemns Harmful Texas Gerrymandered Maps | League of Women Voters
LWV of the United States and the LWV of Texas issued the following statement in response to the Texas legislature passing a bill with new congressional maps.
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President of League of Women Voters of #Florida is warning state legislators not to embark on a mid-decade congressional redistricting plan, saying it's unprecedented & violates the 2010 “Fair Districts” constitutional amendment. www.wlrn.org/government-p... via @wlrnnews.bsky.social
Florida League of Women Voters calls mid-decade GOP redistricting plan a 'power grab'
Jessica Lowe-Minor, the president of the League of Women Voters of Florida is warning state legislators not to embark on a mid-decade congressional redistricting plan, saying it's unprecedented and go...
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Our country is in a constitutional crisis. It's time to take our democracy back. That is why we are proud to announce a new initiative, Unite and Rise 8.5. Through this initiative, we will engage and mobilize 8.5 million voters to protect and preserve our democracy. ➡️ lwv.org/uniteandrise
Unite and Rise 8.5: A Campaign to Defend Democracy | League of Women Voters
Since the Trump administration took office in January 2025, we’ve seen increased attacks on our democratic systems and a failure by Congress to intervene. This came to a head in early April, when the…
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WIN! Federal Judge Rejects Broad Bid to Toss Voting Rights Case in Virginia. The case alleges that a state program using error-prone data to purge non-citizens from voter rolls removes eligible citizens & violates federal law. www.lwv.org/newsroom/pre... @lwvus.bsky.social @lwvva.bsky.social
“Today, there aren’t any bills on the floor for flood relief, no bills for tax reform, no bills to lighten the burden for Texas families. There’s only one item." "A radical, discriminatory, mid-decade redistricting that strips away minority representation in Congress.” - Rep. Chris Turner. #txlege
"The League of Women Voters will not stand by while politicians spread lies to limit democratic participation. Our democracy is strong when every eligible voter can make their voice heard, whether at a polling place or through a mail-in ballot." www.lwv.org/newsroom/pre...
LWV Statement on Mail-in Ballots and Voting Machines | League of Women Voters
League of Women Voters CEO, Celina Stewart, Esq., issued the following statement in response to President Trump's vow to eliminate mail-in ballots and voting machines.
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🚨 This is what voter suppression looks like. Tarrant County’s rushed, racist mid-decade gerrymandering silences Black & Latino voters and breaks faith with democracy. Proud to stand with LWV Tarrant Co., @lwvtexas.bsky.social, @lwvus.bsky.social fighting back. Fair maps = fair representation. ✊🗳️
League of Women Voters of the US@lwv.org · 12mo agoICYMI: LWV Tarrant County (TX) and partners filed a lawsuit to counter unprecedented and unnecessary mid-decade redistricting that reduced the electoral power of Black and Latino voters. www.lwv.org/newsroom/pre...
“The idea that women should surrender their vote to male authority is an affront to every American who has fought, marched, and bled for the right to be heard." - LWV CEO Celina Stewart quoted in this latest Glamour article: www.glamour.com/story/why-we...
Why We Shouldn’t Ignore Pete Hegseth’s Retweet on Women’s Voting Rights
The secretary of defense reposted a video of a Christian nationalist saying women should lose the right to vote—and everyone should be paying attention.
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Why is everyone talking about mid-cycle redistricting now? Politicians fear losing power, and they’re willing to rewrite the rules to keep it. America, it’s time to stay alert, organize, speak up, and defend democracy. It's time to rise. Learn more: www.lwv.org/blog/redistr...
Redistricting Is at a Crossroads: How Voters Can Achieve Fair Representation | League of Women Voters
Let’s be honest: We’re only talking about mid-cycle redistricting now because politicians fear losing power. And they’re willing to rewrite the rules to keep it.
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The League of Women Voters will not be bullied into changing our nonpartisan identity. We know who we are and what we stand for. @governor.ca.gov
League of Women Voters of the US@lwv.org · 12mo agoGovernor Newsom is ‘dead wrong’ on the League of Women Voters. We are aligned with voters. Period. (1/5)
Governor Newsom is ‘dead wrong’ on the League of Women Voters. We are aligned with voters. Period. (1/5)
Yes, that very awkward wording suggests that Alito failed to refer the application to the full Court and the Chief stepped in and brought it "before the Court" before the planes could depart.
Son of James@fils-de-jacques.bsky.social · last yr.Thanks for this! Is it significant that the order begins, "There is before the Court an application," rather than, "The application presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court"? Was the usual procedure bypassed?
NEWS Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen says he’s traveling to El Salvador to check-in on the status of his constituent Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
It's genuinely hard to express to sort of normal not politically plugged in non-lawyers *how* lawless the Trump administration is, and I think that's some part of the problem. You sound like you're hyperventilating, but it's just a flat description of what is going on.
The Justice Department’s hour-late status report cites Salvadoran President Bukele’s refusal today to return Abrego Garcia. It also continues to defy the court’s explicit order to explain what steps the U.S. government is taking to bring him back. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.
Today would be a great day to ban members of Congress and their families from trading stocks.
This is a top news story. Where are all my constitutional crisis people?
Sherrilyn Ifill@sifill.bsky.social · last yr.Markets are tumbling, but listen to this entire thing. He is going to do this unless we mobilize. Trump plans to disappear American prisoners into that hellhole in El Salvador. Believe him when he says this.
I think we have to confront the fact that tens of millions of Americans have pledged slavish allegiance to a man who says explicitly that his benchmark for when America was great is 1913. And then we have to think about the possibility that we are in the throes of a nationwide mental health crisis.
Wall Street Journal editorial board: "Our worst fears about Mr. Kennedy are coming true..." www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-...
Opinion | RFK Jr. Is Already Vindicating His Critics
Shrinking HHS makes sense, but giving power to antivaccine crusader David Geier doesn’t.
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How you show me you are racist without telling me you are racist.
Scott Galloway@profgalloway.com · last yr.Shameful
We don’t if they were gang members, only that Trump’s DOJ says they were. But they’ve had no trials. They are “accused.” They are “alleged” to be members of a gang that Trump has named. And now they are vanished. This is an actual nightmare and we should be up in arms.
Sherrilyn Ifill@sifill.bsky.social · last yr.250 Venezuelans have been disappeared into one of the worst prisons in Central America based on Trump’s invocation of a law only used 3 times in our history - the last time resulted in the Japanese-American internment. These men have had no due process. It’s monstrous. nypost.com/2025/03/16/u...
