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If you live in Bee Cave, Lakeway, Cedar Park, Elgin, Leander, Round Rock, or West Lake Hills, Dripping Springs ISD, Eanes ISD, Hays CISD, Lake Travis ISD, Pflugerville ISD you have an important local election on May 3, 2025!

AUSTIN, TX — The League of Women Voters Austin Area (LWV-AA) is proud to announce the release of its nonpartisan Voters Guide for the upcoming Saturday, May 3, 2025, Joint General and Special Election. This essential resource is now available in English, with a Spanish version coming soon, to help voters across the Austin area make informed decisions at the ballot box.

Washington, DC — Today, Celina Stewart, CEO of the League of Women Voters, and Dianna Wynn, president of the League of Women Voters, released the following statement:

“It has now been 87 days since the start of the Trump administration. From the flagrant disregard for congressional authority and governmental checks and balances to defying Supreme Court orders to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back home, one thing is abundantly clear: our country is in a constitutional crisis.

Lawsuit seeks to block state from retroactively changing election rules and discounting ballots from eligible voters who followed all laws in place on Election Day

Press Release, April 11, 2025
Today, the League of Women Voters, NAACP, and Equal Justice Society filed an amicus brief urging a federal court to invalidate a recent executive order issued by President Donald Trump seeking to revoke birthright citizenship for individuals born in the United States to undocumented persons or temporary legal residents.

Press Release: April 11, 2025
The League of Women Voters CEO Celina Stewart released the following statement after President Donald Trump signed two memoranda directing the Justice Department to investigate former appointee Christopher Krebs, Republican previous director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and Miles Taylor, a former official in the Department of Homeland Security.

The League of Women Voters CEO Celina Stewart released the following statement after the US House of Representatives passed the "No Rogue Rulings Act of 2025.”

Washington, DC — Today, Celina Stewart, CEO of the League of Women Voters of the United States, issued the following statement in response to the passage of the SAVE (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility) Act in the US House of Representatives:

This bill, meant to “secure our elections,” is a trick that would make it harder for millions of eligible Americans to register to vote and cast their ballots.

Nearly 15% of people living in the United States are immigrants; if our nation’s story is a quilt, the immigrant community’s diverse stories are integral squares that hold it together.