Voting Reforms Set to Lapse Next Week(12/8/2021)-House Debate On Broader Bill Expected In 2022 DEC. 8, 2021…..With time running out on temporary pandemic measures such voting by mail and expanded early voting, election reform advocates said Wednesday they don’t know whether…
October 2021 Scharfman Grants Awarded to Two Local Leagues(11/10/2021)-Two local Leagues received Lotte E. Scharfman Citizen Education grants in October 2021: LWV Brookline: LWV Brookline was awarded a grant for a civics education program that will launch in January 2022. The program will…
Drawing Democracy Celebrates Creation of Six Majority-Minority Senate Districts(10/28/2021)-Map approved by Senate today includes changes to strengthen representation for BIPOC voters in Brockton BOSTON – The Drawing Democracy Coalition is celebrating the creation of six majority-minority Senate districts, including two that are new,…
A Clean Energy Future Powered by Wind(9/27/2021)-Watch the recorded webinar, view the slide presentation, and peruse additional resources about offshore wind on the Climate and Energy Solution Series webpage. The LWVMA Environmental Action and Advocacy Committee webinar on the potential of…
Senate Passes VOTES Act, Bill Goes to House(9/17/2021)-The Massachusetts Senate passed the VOTES Act 36-3 Oct.6. The bill, now numbered S.2554, would make permanent the pandemic-related voting reforms used last fall, including no-excuse mail voting and expanded in-person early voting. It would…
In Memoriam: Lucy Wilson Benson(8/2/2021)-All of us at LWVMA were saddened to learn of the recent passing of Lucy Wilson Benson. Lucy was President of LWVMA from 1961 to 1965 and before that, she was President of the League…
Voting Rights Advocates Applaud Progress on Comprehensive Voting Bill(7/21/2021)-Boston, MA –Voting rights advocates, public interest groups and a network of state and localorganizations praised the decision Monday by the Massachusetts Legislature’s Joint Committeeon Elections Laws to send the VOTES Act to the Senate…
