Defenders of Democracy for Winnebago and Boone Counties, Illinois

Pennsylvania and Nevada both called for Biden by the Associated Press about 11:20am CST, Nov. 7, 2020. President Trump promises to continue to dispute the vote counts.

The Mechanics of Potential Recounts

Recounts can be instigated automatically or requested by either candidate. How do recounts affect the final Electoral College results? There are many roads to a result.

Patience, Please…Democracy is at Work.

The 2020 Presidential Election results will not be announced the evening of Tuesday, November 3. The Electoral College is a complicated, but time-honored path. Trust the process.

We’re Going to Need More Election Cake.

With almost 100,000,000 voters choosing to vote early, America is going to surpass the entire electorate of the 2016 election. The election cake is an old tradition from when election day still had a festive atmosphere. For the 2020 election, we will need more of those fruity, liquory cakes.

Portrait of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg from the documentary made in 2018.

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Pop-Up Vigil Commemorates the Memory of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

LWVGR co-sponsored the pop-up event, held Saturday, September 19, 2020.

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League of Women Voters Responds to DHS Crackdown on Portland Protests

“The increasing number of attacks on our democracy by some elected leaders and appointed members of our government are violating the first amendment rights of people in this country and requires our organization to speak out against the actions of this administration.“