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Want to meet your Maine legislator? Want to learn how to lobby them on the big issues? We're celebrating our 104th birthday in League-style, and we want you to come to Advocacy Day in Augusta on February 15.

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We’ll talk about the roll-out of semi-open primaries. Maine will be running semi-open primaries for the first time in 2024. We’ll explain to voters what to expect and what important deadlines and new procedures may pertain.

You can make National Popular Vote a reality. Use this convenient form to email your Maine legislators and ask them to pass the National Popular Vote bill (LD 1578).

With Dr. Nicol Turner Lee, a senior fellow in Governance Studies, the director of the Center for Technology Innovation and serves as Co-Editor-In-Chief of the TechTank blog and podcast at the Brookings Institution

Enjoying this snowy day in Maine? ❄️ We're gearing up for the March election season and ramping up our voter education efforts.

Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Voting Rights Act, a signature achievement of the Civil Rights Movement, has to be protected, which the League stands up through advocacy and litigation at the national and local level.

Several of our hot-button issues have either a public hearing or work session this week.

New year, new bills. January is starting off with a bang — the Legislature goes back into session on January 3.

The League of Women Voters issued a statement in response to the Maine Secretary of State’s decision declaring former President Trump ineligible to be listed as a candidate on the state’s 2024 presidential primary ballot.