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LWV Sounds the Alarm as Attacks on Voter Participation Intensify Ahead of Midterms

Published on 6/16/2026
Press Release ~ June 16, 2026

WASHINGTON — The League of Women Voters today urged Americans nationwide to recognize and reject an escalating pattern of voter silencing, intimidation, and suppression as the country moves closer to the November midterm elections. From continued efforts to relitigate the 2020 election to raids on voting rights organizations and renewed efforts to force unnecessary voting restrictions into federal legislation, these attacks share the same goal: shrinking the electorate, undermining public trust, and making it harder for people to participate in our democracy. 

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League of Women Voters of McLean County 

PO Box 932 

Normal, IL 61761