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Newsletter - December 11, 2026

LWVIN | Published on 12/11/2025

TAKE ACTION FOR DEMOCRACY!

RALLY AT THE STATEHOUSE TODAY for the Senate vote on

HB1032 (Redistricting). RSVP HERE.

Call your senator before noon at 317-232-9400 and urge a NO vote on HB1032.Having trouble getting through on the phone? Email formula is S--@iga.in.gov with your district number replacing the dash after S.

Call Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray, S37@iga.in.gov, 317-232-9400.

Send a message to your legislators and theGovernor opposing mid-cycle redistricting HERE.

SIGN TO MAKE EQUALITY THE LAW OF THE LAND

Women from every corner of America – red states and blue, progressive and conservative, faith communities and secular activists – are locking arms for one shared truth: equality under the law should never be up for debate.

Sign the petition calling on Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) – who has already co-sponsored S.J.Res. 38 – to circulate a powerful Dear Colleague letter and lead the final charge to make theEqual Rights Amendmentthe 28th Amendment. Sign and share: https://www.change.org/p/urge-senator-murkowski-to-champion-the-era

TELL YOUR SENATORS TO OPPOSE THESAVE ACT

The House of Representatives passed the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act for the second time in April 2025. The SAVE Act would require citizenship documentation to register to vote even though voters in every state are already required to affirm or verify their citizenship status when registering.

Now, the Senate must reject this bill to prevent it from becoming law.

Tell Senators Young and Banks to oppose the SAVE Act

https://www.lwv.org/take-action/tell-your-senators-oppose-save-act

Support the 700,000 residents of the District of Columbia—Urge our members of Congress to oppose interference in their local government! Go HERE!

ACTIONS TAKEN!

LWVIN issued a statement supporting legislation filed by Sen. Fady Qaddoura to prevent mid-decade redistricting in Indiana (SB53). https://lwvin.org/

Barb Tully and Linda Hanson testified for LWVIN before both the House and the Senate Elections committees opposing HB 1032. See photos and Senate testimony at https://lwvin.org/

Our litigation onDocumentary Proof of Citizenship (DPOC)is the subject of articles onDemocracy Docket. Read it HERE.

LWVUS expressed strong opposition to the Equal Representation Act and any other efforts to add a citizenship question on the Census or exclude noncitizens from the apportionment counts. Read about it HERE.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

One way or another, we will have some respite from legislative action after this week.
Please take time for renewal with family and friends.

Linda

Augusta Theodosia Lewis Chissell, a Baltimore suffragist, wrote a weekly primer to help first-time women voters after the passing of the 19th Amendment.
Photo courtesy Mark Young.

FORGOTTEN FOREMOTHERS
Profiles of lesser-known heroines in the fight for women's rights

Augusta T. Chissell

While Maryland would not fully ratify the 19th Amendment until 1941 (and many fought it actively until then), women’s suffrage became the law of the land in 1920. But fighting for and winning the right to vote is one thing. Knowinghowto cast a vote is another.

So, Augusta T. Chissell wrote a weekly column: “A Primer for Women Voters.” She provided general information, answered reader questions, and often gave guidance on which candidates deserved the votes of Baltimore’s Black women.

Each column began with the same paragraph: “This department is being conducted by Mrs. Augusta T. Chissell, a member of the Colored Women’s Suffrage Club of Maryland, for the benefit of women who wish to inform themselves in regard to their newly acquired duties and privileges as voters and citizens. Questions are invited and should be directed to Mrs. Augusta T. Chissell, care of The Afro-American.”

You can read this entire article HERE.

Kathryn S Gardiner

Pam Locker, Editor, LWVIN Voter

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