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Published On 1/15/2024
Geauga County, OH - The League of Women Voters of Geauga (LWVG) will host one candidate forum prior to Ohio’s March 19, 2024 Primary Election. This event will be held Thursday evening, February 22 at the Geauga County Public Library, Bainbridge Branch. To ensure candidate platforms are available to voters across the region, the event will be livestreamed to LWVG’s YouTube channel.
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Published On 8/24/2023
Geauga County, OH - The League of Women Voters of Geauga (LWVG) is pleased to announce four upcoming public candidate forums in which community members will have the opportunity to submit questions and have them answered, in-person, by individuals running for local office.
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Published On 6/29/2023
When LWVG has jurisdiction over a race, invited candidates are allowed to fully participate in the candidate forum, regardless of opponent status
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Published On 3/16/2023
In celebration of Sunshine Week, LWV Geauga President Shelly Lewis encourages public bodies to adopt formal public comment policies.
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Published On 1/31/2023
WASHINGTON — Today the League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following statement supporting the reintroduction of bicameral legislation to address the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in Congress.
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Published On 9/28/2022
Geauga County, OH - With the September 20 participation deadline now past tense, the League of Women Voters of Geauga (LWVG) is officially announcing its slate of participants for their Candidate Forum on October 6, 2022, at 7 p.m. at Westwood Elementary School at 13738 Cedar Road in Novelty. Please note this recent change in location.
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Published On 9/15/2022
LWV Geauga to provide invited candidates with opportunity to share their views directly with voters.
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Published On 8/25/2022
LWV Geauga will host a candidate forum at West Geauga Middle School on Thursday, October 6 at 7pm.
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Published On 5/12/2022
Letter to the Editor, Chagrin Valley Times
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Tax Budget, Organizational and Regular Meeting - January 8, 2024
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Regular and Organizational Meeting - January 8, 2024
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Regular Meeting - December 18, 2023
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Special Meeting - March 15, 2023
VOTE ON LAKE COUNTY GENERAL HEALTH DISTRICT CROSS JURISDICTIONAL AGREEMENT
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Initial Departmental Budget Hearings for 2023
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Continuance of 2023 Budget Hearing - August 31, 2022
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Regular Meeting - August 30, 2022
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Regular Meeting - August 23, 2022
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Regular Meeting - August 22, 2022
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31 of 32 tax budgets approved
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Regular Meeting, August 16, 2022
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Regular meeting on Aug 15, 2022
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Special Meeting - Aug 15, 2022. Board certifies Katherine Ann Zappitello as Democratic candidate for 99th District Ohio House race.
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August 1, 2022 Special Meeting
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Regular Meeting - July 27, 2022
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League News

Published On 12/19/2023
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The League of Women Voters of Ohio and voter Jennifer Kucera filed a federal lawsuit today challenging a provision in House Bill 458 that impacts how voters with disabilities can cast absentee ballots. The plaintiffs are represented by the ACLU of Ohio, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the law firm of Covington & Burling.
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Published On 8/15/2023
The League of Women Voters of Ohio strongly supports the Citizens not Politicians Amendment, which will finally deliver fair districts to Ohio voters who have waited too long to see truly representative legislative districts. This amendment will protect Ohioans from politicians and special interests who manipulate voting districts to serve their interests rather than those of the citizens.
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Published On 6/8/2023
The Ruling Affirms Lower Court Decision That Alabama Must Create a Second Majority Black Congressional District in Compliance with the VRA
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Published On 5/18/2023
ACLU of Ohio files Amicus on behalf of League of Women Voters of Ohio in Support of One Person One Vote Campaign, Slamming August Special Election as Undemocratic
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Published On 5/4/2023
The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees that the government cannot “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” That protection applies to voting rights and fair elections in two critical ways: equal access to the ballot and equal representation in government.
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2/28/2023

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing on a joint resolution affirming the validity of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) as part of the US Constitution.

Virginia Kase Solomón, CEO of the League, submitted written testimony on why we must enshrine equality in the Constitution in order to address the root cause of systemic sex discrimination.
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Published On 2/2/2023
Local governments have an important responsibility to move our communities toward lower greenhouse gas emissions. And that requires a plan.
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Published On 11/18/2022
LWVO Executive President Jen Miller provided opposition testimony before the House Government Oversight Committee.
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Published On 11/3/2022
15 safeguards that help ensure our elections are secure.
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Published On 11/2/2022
Federal Court Issues Order Barring Defendants From Confronting, Photographing, Doxing Voters, and Carrying Guns and Wearing Body Armor Near Drop Boxes
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Published On 10/26/2022
Leagues Representing 50 states and DC Join Brief Focused on Negative Implications of Independent State Legislature Theory
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Published On 10/6/2022
On Saturday, Oct 8, Dr. Turner will attend programs honoring suffragist Olive A. Colton.
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Local News

Published On 7/21/2023
Jen Miller, director of the League of Women Voters of Ohio, said her organization is concerned a lot of Ohioans will not be aware of a special election. Miller said passage of Issue 1 would mean any proposed amendment on the fall ballot would then have to pass with at least 60% of the vote.
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State News

Published On 2/12/2023
From the NPR Network, All Things Considered program, Howard Wilkinson of 91.7 WVXU examines key elements of the new voting law.
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Published On 11/4/2022
Not long ago, Republicans in Ohio passed a constitutional amendment to end gerrymandering in the state. And then a funny thing happened. The same Ohio Republicans drew electoral maps that violated their own constitutional amendment.
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National News

Not since the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 has the U.S. seen such intense debate over elections and how states conduct them...As we inch closer to the 2022 midterm elections, the USA TODAY Network provides an in-depth breakdown and analysis of the varying voting rights in each state.
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LWVUS Action Item

Congress must remove the ratification deadline of the Equal Rights Amendment to get it across the finish line and added to the Constitution.
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LWVO Action Item

Published On 2/13/2023
LWVO is a proud member of the Honesty for Ohio Education Coalition. Learn how you can support these efforts.
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BOCC

August 9, 2022 - Regular Meeting
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August 8, 2022 - Special Meeting
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