League of Women Voters of Wyoming

We the People's Forum: Are our Schools fulfilling their mission?
2023-03-14 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Denver)
Sponsored by Braver Angels, registration is required.
The We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution Program was started in 1987 to promote civic competence and responsibility. The program enjoys active support from state bar associations and foundations. Go To Register>>>

PBS film: Nobody wants us (teenage refugees)
2023-03-14 10:00 - 11:00
The National First Ladies’ Library sponsors this video. They offer events every week during March because it’s officially Women’s History Month. The sponsors’ slogan is
Every Month is Women’s History Month at the National First Ladies’ Library
You must register. Go to register>>>

International Women's Day
2023-03-09 00:00 - 23:59
March is Women’s History Month and March 8 is International Women’s Day (IWD).
The first IWD is controversial because it had roots in the communist and socialist labor movements. On February 23, 1917 — March 8 on the Julian calendar used until the Russian Revolution in 1917. In 1975 the United Nations joined the celebration of March 8. International marketing brought IWD to the US in 2014. Pepsi, Hagen Daz, M&Ms, and L’Oreal (London Paris) are a few major corporate examples.
The Smithsonian celebration is completely different and LWVWY begins sharing with the digital exhibit Women of a Certain Age. Read more>>>

International Women's Day
2023-03-08 00:00 - 12:00
March is Women’s History Month and today is International Women’s Day (IWD).
The first IWD is controversial because it had roots in the communist and socialist labor movements. On February 23, 1917 — March 8 on the Julian calendar used until the Russian Revolution in 1917. In 1975 the United Nations joined the celebration of March 8. International marketing brought IWD to the US in 2014. Pepsi, Hagen Daz, M&Ms, and L’Oreal (London Paris) are a few major corporate examples.
The Smithsonian celebration is completely different and LWVWY begins sharing with the digital exhibit Women of a Certain Age. Read more>>>

Wyoming Legislature Adjourns
2023-03-03 18:00 - 18:30 | Wyoming Capitol, 200 West 24th Street, Cheyenne, WY, 82002, United States

Tribal Talks: Breaking Boundaries
2023-03-02 18:00 - 20:00
This talk is the first of three sponsored by CWC-Jackson, the WY Humanities Council, the WY Cultural Trust Fund, and the Teton County Library. The other dates are March 23 and May 4.
The theme for this event is “Carrying Indigenous Wisdom into the Future,” presented by Central Wyoming College’s Tribal Education Coordinator Ivan Posey and CWC’s Tribal Wisdom Society.
The venue will be the Teton Library Auditorium in Jackson, WY. This announcement will be updated as the date grows closer.

Legacy Lecture: Girl Scouts and the White House
2023-03-01 10:00 - 11:00
Girl Scout Historian Ann Robertson dives into the history of their connection to the First Ladies. First Ladies serve as honorary national presidents of the Girl Scouts of the USA. Eleanor Roosevelt is shown with scouts in the image below. Register for this event. UPDATE! UPDATE! The video is available for those who missed the March 1 program. View here>>> Read more>>>

State-wide book study group
2023-02-28 16:00 - 18:00
The Wyoming Department of Education, Special Education Programs Division will provide each participant with a free copy of the book Specially Designed Instruction: Increasing Success for Students with Disabilities – Anne Beninghof author.
You must register by Friday, Feb 21. Registration Link,

This book has three parts and many tables/examples. The meeting schedule will be broken down into four parts:

February 28 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Introductory meeting

March 9 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Part I: Envisioning Specially Designed Instruction (Ch. 1 – 4) Pages 1 – 45

March 21 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Part II: Planning for SDI (Ch. 5 – 10) Pages 47 – 111

April 11 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Part III: Fulfilling the Promise of SDI. (Ch. 11 – 13, and Appendix A) Pages 129 – 180

SCOTUS oral arguments: Pouring new wine into old bottles?
2023-02-28 11:00 - 12:00
Department of Education v. Brown Oral Argument

The Supreme Court hears oral argument in Department of Education v. Brown, a case where student loan borrowers challenge President Biden’s student loan relief program. Listen live on CSpan-C.

WY Legislature Deadlines: Last day for 2nd reading in 2nd chamber
2023-02-28 10:00 - 19:00
The bills affected today are those that have passed 1st and 2nd readings of the Committee of the Whole

Passed from the chamber in which they originated
Read in the 2nd chamber and assigned to a committee
This committee discusses and even amends the bill until they are ready to advise their chamber to either pass or not pass the bill.
The 2nd chamber receives the recommendation, may discuss or amend it and take a vote. This “committee of the whole” is called COW.

WY Legislature deadlines: Last day for COW in 2nd chamber
2023-02-27 07:00 - 19:00
The bills affected today are those that have:

Passed from the chamber in which they originated
Read in the 2nd chamber and assigned to a committee
This committee discusses and even amends the bill until they are ready to advise their chamber to either pass or not pass the bill.
The 2nd chamber receives the recommendation, may discuss or amend it and take a vote. This “committee of the whole” is called COW.

Ratification 22nd Amendment Limiting the Presidency
2023-02-27 00:00 - 12:00
The 22nd Amendment was passed in 1951. Its history has a few very colorful anecdotes. For example, President Grant was certain he could win a third election. In those days the candidate for a party was chosen by votes of delegates to their Convention. In 1880 the first 35 votes were indeterminant. Grant’s enemies joined forces to oust Grant on the 36th vote. James Garfield became the Republican candidate for 1880. He was assassinated after 200 days in office. Read more>>>
Section 1

No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.

Section 2

This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.

Capitol Outlook
2023-02-24 19:00 - 19:30
Each Friday evening during the 2023 Wyoming Legislative Season, WyomingPBS.org has scheduled a half-hour conversation.

WY School Board meets in Cheyenne
2023-02-24 09:00 - 17:00

Ratification of the 25th Amendment on Presidential Succession
2023-02-10 00:00 - 12:00
The 25th Amendment was passed in 1967 after President John F. Kennedy was killed. The Amendment was established the line of succession: VP, pro tempore of Senate, Speaker of House, etc.
The Amendment was used when VP Spiro Agnew resigned and Gerald Ford became VP. The Amendment was used again when President Richard Nixon resigned and VP Gerald Ford became President. Read more>>>

Ratification of 11th Amendment on State Immunity
2023-02-07 08:00 - 17:00
The 11th Amendment was ratified in 1795 by 12 or the 15 states. It restricted jurisdiction over suits files by individuals from a different state and based on federal law. At issue were cases of debt or property arguments. Fun Fact: NJ ratified the 11th Amendment on June 25, 2018 as a symbolic gesture he Eleventh Amendment.

Missing People Day
2023-02-03 12:00
“Violence against Indigenous peoples is a crisis that has been underfunded for decades…”
– Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland
Take a moment to grasp that Native people are 10 times as likely as all US citizens to go missing or be murdered. There are currently 23 WY persons missing since Jan. 1, 2022 and 85 missing if we go back to 1974. Know that these dramatic numbers reflect poor and underreported record keeping.

The WY league, with leadership from the Fremont County league, has declared Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) a top priority. In June 2022, LWVWY proposed that the national league accept our resolution. Read the resolution here>>>

Ratification 16th Amendment about the Legality of Federal Income Tax
2023-02-03 00:00 - 12:00
The 16th Amendment was ratified in 1913. Its text is shown below. It allowed the US to impose an income tax.
The Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.

Ratification of the 15th Amendment
2023-02-03 00:00 - 12:00
The text is short:
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

Ratification of the 14th Amendment Insuring Citizens' Rights
2023-02-03 00:00 - 12:00
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution are also called the “Civil War Amendments.” The 14th was ratified in 1868 making 2023 its 155th anniversary. Unlike many, the 14th Amendment is quite wordy and is comprised of five sections. It is also involved in many litigations.

Section 1 includes the familiar phrase “… nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;….”
Section 2 addresses federal elections, apportionment of House members and citizenship. for all male citizens > 21 years.
Section 3 described the circumstances of insurrection and rebellion.
Section 4 makes illegal debts claimed for either aiding insurrection or claiming the loss or emancipation of a slave.
Section 5 awards Congress the power to enforce these provisions.

Ratification of the 20th Amendment Reducing Lame Duck Period
2023-01-23 00:00 - 12:00
Initially, Congress and the Presidency changed on the same day, March 4. The 20th Amendment was passed in 1933 moving each earlier on the calendar. Congress begins on January 3 and the Presidency on January 20. The amendment also made clear that should the elected President die between the election and January 20, the Vice President should be inaugurated as a President would be. The First Federal Congress in 1789 began on March 4 in deference to winter traveling and shortening the decision time should there be a tie in the electoral college. FDR was the last President installed on March 4.
The full text is long so it’s not copied here. Read more>>>

Cheyenne Candidate Forum; Ward 1 & 2
2022-07-06 18:30 - 19:00
Online Candidate Forum hosted by Cheyenne League of Women Voters

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Albany County/City of Laramie City Council Ward 1, City Council Ward 3, Clerk of District Court
2022-06-30 17:30 - 19:00 | Albany County Public Library, 310 South 8th Street, Laramie, Wyoming, 82070, United States
Primary Election Candidate Forums

Learn about the candidate’s motivations for running for office, policy ideas, and more. Best of all, you can get your questions answered!

The League of Women Voters is partnering with the ACPL to host a series of forums featuring candidates for the upcoming elections. The forums will be hybrid. They will be hosted in the Library’s Large Meeting Room and will be live-streamed on YouTube. There will also be a video of the forum available after the forum is over.

Cheyenne Candidate Forum for House 11 & 42
2022-06-29 19:30 - 20:00
Online Candidate Forum hosted by Cheyenne League of Women Voters

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Cheyenne Candidate Forum House District 9
2022-06-29 18:30 - 19:00

City of Gillette & State Races Voter Forum
2022-06-29 18:00 - 20:30 | City of Gillette, 201 East 5th Street, Gillette, Wyoming, 82717, United States
Primary Election Candidates’ Forum – State and Gillette City Council

The Campbell County League of Women Voters present the Primary Election Candidates’ Forum for State and Gillette City Council Races from June 29th, 2022.

Watch Forum Here

Cheyenne Candidate Forums for House 7 & 61
2022-06-28 19:30 - 20:00

Cheyenne Candidate Forums for Wyoming Senate 7
2022-06-28 18:30 - 19:30
Online Candidate Forum hosted by Cheyenne League of Women Voters

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Campbell County Races Voter Forum
2022-06-27 18:00 - 20:30 | City of Gillette, 201 East 5th Street, Gillette, Wyoming, 82717, United States
The Campbell County League of Women Voters present the Primary Election Candidates’ Forum for Campbell County Races

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Ratification of the 24th Amendment About Vote & Poll Tax
1964-01-23 00:00 - 12:00
The 24th Amendment was ratified in 1964. President Lyndon Johnson called it “the triumph of liberty over restriction … there can be no one too poor to vote.” At the time of the passing of this Amendment, the most egregious use of poll taxes stop voting was in Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Texas. The Amendment text follows. Read more>>>

Section 1
The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay poll tax or other tax.

Section 2
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
