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The SAVE Act is suppression in disguise 

Letter to the Editor by LWVMPLS President Rebecca Thoman, Minnesota Star Tribune, February 14, 2026 (Requires subscription) 

LWVMN & LWVUS Special Bulletin on ICE Deployment in Minneapolis and St Paul

League of Women Voters of Minnesota Opposes ICE Deployment in Minneapolis and St. Paul, LWVMN, December 2, 2025

Minneapolis 2025 election: How to register and vote

Election day is Nov. 4, voters can register and cast ballots up to and on Election Day for several city government positions. Published by Minnesota Daily, written by Shay Scanlon, October 28, 2025

Recently, LWVMN issued their 2024 Post Election Review

Check out the key findings for MN and Hennepin County , the full report and a link to the Board of Hennepin County Commissioners Meeting on Oct 14, 2024.

Opinion | Why not treat guns as other countries have? As even our country once did?

By Jane Lansing, Catherine Shreves and John Satorius. Published in the Minnesota Star Tribune on September 28, 2025 (Needs a subscription)

Why the League Keeps Its Forums Strictly Neutral

Interview: Rebecca Thoman, President, League of Women Voters Mpls

Better Minneapolis podcast, September 24, 2025 by Terry White

LWVMpls President Rebecca Thoman joins Terry White on his Better Minneapolis podcast. Listen how LWVMpls works to prep the City of Lakes voters through voter registration, education, candidate forums and more!

Counterpoint | It’s not like there aren’t already good candidate forums The League of Women Voters has been running them for years, and they’re nonpartisan, well-mannered events.

Published in The Minnesota Star Tribune on August 9, 2025. Author Rebecca Thoman, President LWVMpls. (Needs subscription)

Opinion | Voters need the facts about progress in policing

Published in The Minnesota Star Tribune on May 29, 2025. Authors: Rebecca Thoman, President LWVMpls and Jane Lansing, LWVMpls Board Member and Chair of Reimaging Public Safety committee.