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vote411.org

Anyone think this is worth mentioning? I've only heard of the group because of that website, but the website doesn't have its own Wikipedia page and thus perhaps isn't notable, so I'm not sure whether a reference to it should be included here. -KaJunl (talk) 19:37, 3 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I think it does EricHirst (talk) 22:15, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Article doesn't reflect current focus of organization

A lot (most?) of the current (2021) focus of LWV is on voting rights, redistricting/gerrymandering, and fighting mis/dis-information.^[1] Local leagues are also doing a bunch of work reviewing election security ^[2] with the intent of fighting the erosion of trust in democracy. None of that seems to be reflected on the page however.EricHirst (talk) 22:28, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

We'd need to find information in independent sources (not the LWV's own website). Are you aware of any such sources? Newspaper articles, books, etc. Marquardtika (talk) 01:48, 30 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Marquardtika. My familiarity is with the Washington chapter and I'm biased to local and "original" research on this, but I'll start. The September 5 2021 edition of the Spokane Spokesman-Review newspaper has a 20 page supplement jointly written by LWV Washington and the newspaper which may qualify as a source. The bulk of it is behind a paywall on the paper's website^[3] with just an op-ed header by the current state president. It's been republished by some other papers, but the only non-paywall place I can find a full copy is unfortunately on the state League's site in the form of a YourVote2021.pdf^[4] download. I don't have a better national source at this time. I realize that this is tricky and that this Wikipedia article needs to talk more about the national organization's longer term mission & purpose than its activities of the hour. So far I think I can make a good case for arguing that the article is broken but I'm struggling to know how best to fix it. EricHirst (talk) 16:54, 30 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

U.S. state chapters

Local LWV chapters:^[5]

References

^ https://www.lwv.org/voting-rights
^ https://www.lwvwa.org/resources/Documents/IssuePapers2021/2021%20Election%20Security%20Issue%20Paper.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/sep/05/misinformation-and-disinformation/
^ https://www.lwvwa.org/resources/Documents/Voter%20Services/YourVote2021.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ "Local Leagues", Lwv.org, retrieved August 15, 2020
^ "League of Women Voters of Arkansas", Snaccooperative.org, retrieved August 15, 2020
^ League of Women Voters of Illinois records, University of Illinois at Chicago, retrieved August 15, 2020
^ Guide to the League of Women Voters of Iowa records, University of Iowa, retrieved August 15, 2020
^ League of Women Voters of Minnesota: An Inventory of Its Records, Minnesota Historical Society, retrieved August 15, 2020
^ League of Women Voters of Mississippi Collection, University of Mississippi, retrieved August 15, 2020
^ Inventory to the League of Women Voters of New Jersey Records, Rutgers University, retrieved August 15, 2020
^ Dayton Metro Library, Finding aid for the Woman's Suffrage Association and League of Women Voters, retrieved August 15, 2020 – via OhioLink
^ Guide to the League of Women Voters of the San Antonio Area Records, 1930-2011, University of Texas at San Antonio, retrieved August 15, 2020
^ Guide to the League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area records, 1948-2014, George Mason University, retrieved August 15, 2020
^ League of Women Voters of Walla Walla County Records, 1949-1988, Whitman College and Northwest Archives, retrieved August 15, 2020
^ League of Women Voters of West Virginia, Ms2018-002, West Virginia State Archives, retrieved August 15, 2020
^ "League of Women Voters of Wyoming", Snaccooperative.org, retrieved August 15, 2020

[1] ttps://www.lwv.org/voting-rights

[2] ttps://www.lwvwa.org/resources/Documents/IssuePapers2021/2021%20Election%20Security%20Issue%20Paper.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[3] ttps://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/sep/05/misinformation-and-disinformation/

[4] ttps://www.lwvwa.org/resources/Documents/Voter%20Services/YourVote2021.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[5] "Local Leagues", Lwv.org, retrieved August 15, 2020

[6] "League of Women Voters of Arkansas", Snaccooperative.org, retrieved August 15, 2020

[7] League of Women Voters of Illinois records, University of Illinois at Chicago, retrieved August 15, 2020

[8] Guide to the League of Women Voters of Iowa records, University of Iowa, retrieved August 15, 2020

[9] League of Women Voters of Minnesota: An Inventory of Its Records, Minnesota Historical Society, retrieved August 15, 2020

[10] League of Women Voters of Mississippi Collection, University of Mississippi, retrieved August 15, 2020

[11] Inventory to the League of Women Voters of New Jersey Records, Rutgers University, retrieved August 15, 2020

[12] Dayton Metro Library, Finding aid for the Woman's Suffrage Association and League of Women Voters, retrieved August 15, 2020 – via OhioLink

[13] Guide to the League of Women Voters of the San Antonio Area Records, 1930-2011, University of Texas at San Antonio, retrieved August 15, 2020

[14] Guide to the League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area records, 1948-2014, George Mason University, retrieved August 15, 2020

[15] League of Women Voters of Walla Walla County Records, 1949-1988, Whitman College and Northwest Archives, retrieved August 15, 2020

[16] League of Women Voters of West Virginia, Ms2018-002, West Virginia State Archives, retrieved August 15, 2020

[17] "League of Women Voters of Wyoming", Snaccooperative.org, retrieved August 15, 2020

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