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The League of Women Voters believes in representative government and in the individual liberties established in the Constitution of the United States.

GOAL:  In the lead up to the 2026 Midterm Elections, League hopes to build voter confidence, share factual information about voter registration and voting, and support safe and accessible participation in the elections.


For more than 100 years, we have provided voters with clear, factual information about where candidates stand, hosted nonpartisan candidate forums, and worked to ensure every eligible voter can access the ballot.  We empower voters to make informed choices based on their own values.

The League continually works to ensure our elections are safe, transparent and accountable. We trust our election officials. Many of us will be poll workers and observers and all of us will vote. We believe that voters should pick our leaders, no exceptions.

Our elections are strongest when we show up, speak out, and refuse to be intimidated. Every eligible voter deserves a fair shot, an equal vote, and the confidence that their voice matters. We will decide our future, choose our leaders, and make our voices heard at the ballot box.

As Joyce Vance has said, "No one would be trying to take your vote away from you with this level of intensity if they didn’t understand how important your vote is, how powerful it makes you."   Source: Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual For Keeping A Democracy

Voting is People Power!




We are all in this together. 
Please feel free to use and distribute our resources.


VIPP Toolkit

Things to know and do to make your voice heard:

  • Voting in Denver is Easy, Secure, Accurate  - League Whitepaper

  • Check Your Registration Status - Go Vote Colorado

  • Vote Early and by Drop Box   (hot tip: anywhere in the state)

  • Find Drop Box and Polling Center Locations  - Just Vote Colorado

  • Help Others by Delivering Ballots   (hot tip: 10 ballots/person/election)

    • At a senior living location? You can call the Clerk & Recorders office to schedule a Red Box event. Two election judges bring a mobile drop box to collect ballots at a designated time.

  • Encourage everyone you know to vote

  • Report any irregularities to the Denver Elections Hotline:  720-913-VOTE

  • Extra Credit - Be a Poll Worker!

Worried About Security Around Voting?

Read Ensuring Safe and Open Elections in Denver from the Denver Clerk and Recorders Office.  Here are some highlights:

Voter Intimidation and Election Interference

State law prohibits conduct intended to impede, prevent, interfere with, coerce, or intimidate voters or election officials.2 Depending on specific facts and circumstances, conduct that may be unlawful intimidation or interference includes:

  • Blocking or obstructing access to a polling location, drop-off location, or ballot drop box;
  • Confronting, following, questioning, monitoring, recording, or photographing a voter in a manner intended to deter or intimidate the voter;
  • Interfering with a voter while the voter is marking a ballot or using voting equipment;
  • Interfering with a voter within 100 feet of any building that is a polling location or within 100 feet of any drop-off location or drop box;
  • Campaigning or electioneering within 100 feet of any polling location, drop-off location, or drop box;
  • Threatening or interfering with election officials or election judges performing official duties;
  • Unauthorized attempts to access restricted election operations or ballot-processing areas; or
  • Carrying firearms at a polling location, drop-off location, or drop box.

What You Can Do

The Denver Clerk and Recorder partners with local and state law enforcement, other Denver agencies like the Office of Emergency Management, and the Colorado Secretary of State to ensure safe and open elections.

Voters and members of the public should promptly report suspected voter intimidation, election interference, or threats.

If concerns arise:

  • Notify election officials or election judges as soon as possible;
  • Contact law enforcement if there is an immediate safety threat or criminal conduct;
  • Avoid escalating confrontations where possible; and
  • Document relevant details, including the date, time, location, individuals involved, and description of the conduct.

League of Women Voters of Colorado's Election Security Position - Find it here

League response to potential federal interference in our local elections

The power to run elections rests with Congress and the states, not the White House. 
"The League of Women Voters stands ready to return to court if necessary. We will challenge any executive action that suppresses voters, undermines free and fair elections, or violates the constitutional framework that protects our democracy." Statement on February 26 from the League of Women Voters on "Reported Elections" Executive Order

The administration's latest executive order ("EO") is a direct attack not only on voters, but on how elections are run in this country. 
Statement on March 31 from the League of Women Voters in response to President Trump's executive order, "Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections," which would severely limit mail-in voting. This executive order is not currently in effect. This is a flat violation of the Constitution and federal law. The president does not have the authority to direct the operations of the USPS, which is an independent agency. Many groups and states are challenging it in court and it is expected that much or all of it will be blocked.

Some Trustworthy Sources

In response to the Ballot Mail for Federal Elections proposed rule (39 CFR Part 111), the LWVDenver Board sent this comment to Dale Kennedy, Director of Product Classification for the U.S. Postal Service:
On behalf of the Board of Directors of the League of Women Voters of Denver (LWVD), we are writing to request you delay or abandon the Postal Service’s proposal to add a section to DMM 705 regarding preparation for mailing ballots for general, special, or run-off federal elections. We are submitting this comment based on the member-approved policy position to “support a governmental system that is open... efficient, fair in its treatment of all citizens.”
 
The proposed rule under 39 CFR Part 111 contains an implementation timeline that is unrealistic for both the USPS and local election officials, especially in this midterm election year, although they are among best practices for election mail ballots that Denver, Colorado’s elections division largely follows.  Furthermore, the proposed Mail-In and Absentee Participation List would create a duplicative step of data entry and review at the local and state election levels that could endanger voters’ personal information under the Privacy Act. The unrealistic timeline and the addition of duplicative steps to mail ballots risks governmental system efficiency and fairness.
 
Because the U.S. Postal Service is an independent executive government entity, it is vital that national online access to all public comments in this rulemaking process be provided. Thank for your consideration of these comments in your rule-making process.

LWVDenver's Response to the President's July 16 Address on Voting: Voting is People Power and Colorado Shows the Way
A growing number of federal actions and proposals are making it harder for eligible Americans to register to vote and participate in our democracy. One of the most prominent and disturbing proposals is the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act. Fortunately, Colorado has become a national model for election administration because it has invested in systems that both protect election integrity and make voting accessible.
Press Release on July 17

LWVDenver's response to the SAVE Act Suite of Bills

We have consistently opposed the SAVE Act and the more recent documentary proof of citizenship (DPOC) bills as unnecessary and meant to create another barrier to voting.  What LWV of Denver has done so far:
  • The Call to Action has been on the slideshow on the main page of the website since February 2025
  • Created slides for use at presentations
  • Lisa Haddox, Voter Service Co-Chair wrote a March 2025 VOTER article about the SAVE Act
  • Multiple social media posts in March and April 2025
  • We sent a Letter to the Editor to the Denver Post that was published on March 15, 2025
  • SAVE Act panel discussion organized by Clerk & Recorder: From Suffrage to the SAVE Act: How Election Policy Impacts Women's Right to Vote, June 10 - Jeanette Scotland, Director of Organization, spoke and we co-sponsored the event
  • Call to Action from LWVUS to all members on 2/4/2026
  • Call to Action from LWVDenver on 2/11/2026
  • Letter to Senators Bennet, Hickenlooper and Representative DeGette advocating against the SAVE America Act.
While the SAVE America Act appears to have lost momentum in the Senate, it is not entirely dead. We need to stay vigilant!  Remember, the original SAVE Act failed due to widespread opposition — public engagement matters and can make a difference.

Trustworthy Source


Fraudulent Voting Does Not Occur in Colorado

The ultra-conservative, right-wing Heritage Foundation found only 24 cases of voter fraud in Colorado from 1982 to 2025. 43 years! Only 1 of those cases was noncitizen voting.  All 24 cases led to criminal convictions.  Source

"Research has found few instances of mail-ballot fraud. A 2025 study by Brookings found an average of four cases of mail voting fraud out of every 10 million mail votes in the general elections of 2016, 2018, 2020 and 2022."  Source
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