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LWVAB Annual Members’ Meeting

Last night’s LWVAB Annual Members’ Meeting for 2024-2025 at the North Asheville Library was a big success.

Marques Thompson from Democracy NC gave an informative talk on “Voting in 2024: The Process and the Stakes.”

Cheryl Williams, Donna Mann and Lynn Lederer each received an 2023-2024 Yvette Wessel Award for outstanding service to the League and the voters of Western North Carolina.

SpeakUP!

Put our elected officials on speed dial, call them and leave a message.

Then call them again. And again.

Don’t stop calling until the ERA is published.

Call U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (202-224-6342) and Ted Budd (202-224-3154) and tell them to support Senate Joint Resolution 4.

Call U.S. Representative Chuck Edwards, 11^th District, (202-225-6401) and tell him to support House Joint Resolution 25.

Both resolutions affirm the ERA as the 28th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Free seminars about the photo ID requirement to vote

The State Board of Elections is offering free seminars about the photo ID requirement for voting to help ensure that voters have the information they need before casting their ballot in the 2024 general election. Click here for more information.

The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan, volunteer-based, political organization consisting of women and men passionate about our democracy. Born out of the national women’s suffrage movement in 1920, the League continues to work to serve the needs of the voting public and protect the rights of all voters.

Our efforts are two-fold:
Voters Service, Citizen Education – presenting unbiased, nonpartisan information about elections, the voting process and current issues.

Action, Advocacy – following education on the issue(s), action is taken towards enacting policies in the public interest and striking down policies harmful to society.

A just society is derived from a democracy consisting of an engaged and educated public that has faith in the political process.

The League of Women Voters is a membership organization encouraging action and advocacy as a nonprofit 501(c)(4) corporation. To conduct our voter service and citizen education activities, funds are derived from the Florence Ryan Education Fund, which is a 501(c)(3) corporation, a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to building citizen participation in democratic process, studying key community issues at all government levels in an unbiased manner, and enabling people to seek positive solutions to public policy issues through education and conflict management.

The League of Women Voters of Asheville-Buncombe County currently offers meetings and events for members as well as educational programs for the public. Quarterly member events include two meetings each year, a Holiday Social in winter and an Annual Luncheon & Meeting in May or June. League action teams and committees also hold regular meetings for the members involved in those groups.

Join us! Check us out on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. And check out our YouTube Channel for past meetings and voting issues we’re involved with. Our Calendar and News pages have upcoming events and news. You can also read our Program Priorities and our Bylaws.

Connect with your State League: North Carolina League of Women Voters
Connect with the National League: National League of Women Voters

Our chapter is centered around Buncombe County and includes several adjoining counties. This is the homeland of the Cherokee and other nations. We recognize the sovereignty and traditional territories of these local tribal nations, the treaties used to remove them, and the histories of dispossession. We honor and respect the many diverse indigenous people who came before us, who are still here, and who are connected to the land on which we reside.