• Drawing Democracy Coalition Urges Diverse Committee on Redistricting (1/15/2021) - The Drawing Democracy Coalition, which includes LWVMA and several of our trusted community partners, wrote a letter to Senate President Spilka and House Speaker Mariano encouraging the appointment of a Joint Committee on Redistricting that…
• LWVMA Statement on Governor Baker’s Veto of the Climate Bill (1/15/2021) - Governor Baker has vetoed S.2995, An Act Creating a Next-Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy. While we are disappointed by this news, the fight for climate policy in the Commonwealth is not over. We expect that…
• League of Women Voters of the United States Calls for Immediate Removal of President Donald Trump (1/8/2021) - League of Women Voters of the United States Calls for Immediate Removal of President Donald Trump WASHINGTON – Thursday night, the League of Women Voters board of directors met and voted unanimously to call for…
• League Condemns Domestic Terrorist Attack on the U.S. Capitol (1/7/2021) - WASHINGTON – Today the League of Women Voters of the United States president Dr. Deborah Turner, CEO Virginia Kase, and the full board of directors issued the following statement in response to the violent demonstrations at the U.S. Capitol:   “This…
• LWVMA Urges Governor Baker to Sign New Climate Bill (1/7/2021) - This week, we sent a letter to Governor Baker thanking him for his leadership on the regional Transportation and Climate Initiative Plan (TCI-P), the 2050 Decarbonization Roadmap Report, and the associated 2030 Clean Energy and…
• Letter to the editor: So much more to do to make voting in Mass. more accessible, secure, and efficient (12/22/2020) - RE “Mail-in voting delivered. Let’s not cancel it” via The Boston Globe: The League of Women Voters of Massachusetts could not agree more with your call to make permanent the highly successful election reforms, especially…
• Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, D.C. Launches Groundbreaking Program to Cut Transportation Pollution, Invest in Communities (12/21/2020) - In a statement released on December 21, the governors of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, and the mayor of the District of Columbia announced today “that theirs will be the first jurisdictions to launch a…
• LWVMA Urges Governor to Reduce MA Prison Population (11/18/2020) - Yesterday, we sent a letter to Governor Baker urging him to use his authority to reduce the Massachusetts prison population in light of the surge of COVID-19 cases in these institutions. Keeping people in custody…
• Transportation Events in November a Success! (Recordings Now Available) (11/17/2020) - This month, LWVMA participated in two forums with Transportation for Massachusetts. The first event, a Transportation & Climate Initiative forum held on November 10, focused on clean transportation for rural communities. It featured Secretary for…
• Massachusetts Elections Were a Success! (11/12/2020) - Voters in Massachusetts set a record for the highest turnout election cycle in history this year! As of today’s count, approximately 3.46 million individuals (72% of registered voters) voted in the November 3 election.  Approximately…