Democracy works best when every Floridian can participate. The League of Women Voters of Florida empowers voters, fights for the freedom to vote, and helps communities across the state make their voices heard. The League of Women Voters of Florida is a non partisan organization empowering people across the Sunshine State to learn about the issues, protect the freedom to vote, and make their voices heard today and for generations to come.
Serving Florida voters since 1939, the League of Women Voters of Florida has been, and continues to be, a trusted source of civic education and voter engagement. We don’t tell people what to think. We help Floridians obtain the facts, understand the issues, and participate confidently in civic life. For over a century at the national level, the League of Women Voters fought for the Nineteenth Amendment and its ratification, championed every woman’s freedom to vote, and advocated for equality of all people. Sticking true to our national roots, here in Florida we have helped pass the Fair Districts Amendments, stood up against gerrymandering, and educated voters across the political spectrum.
Unite & Rise 8.5 aims to build a movement of 8.5 million individuals to fight back against the anti-democratic actions of the current administration.
LWVUS and allied groups filed an amicus brief in the US Supreme Court supporting a new congressional map that created a second Black-majority district to ensure fair representation for Black voters in Louisiana. A previous lawsuit asserted that Louisiana had diluted Black voters’ voting power by failing to draw a second majority-Black district. After a federal court struck down the map, the legislature drew a map with a second-majority Black district. Several individual plaintiffs filed a lawsuit alleging that this map was a racial gerrymander. A panel sided with the plaintiffs, and the case was appealed to the US Supreme Court. LWVUS and its co-amici argued the panel’s decision was incorrect and that the legislature’s remedial map should be affirmed.
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