League of Women Voters of Colorado

06/17/2026

If your DACA is expiring soon, don't wait.

Consider renewing early when there are 150+ days left before expiration. Some renewals are taking as long as 7 months to process right now. USCIS is failing to process applications on time — and our neighbors are paying the price. We are demanding better.

✍️ Send a letter to Congress: Tell them we need citizenship now: https://unitedwedre.am/14YearsDACA_HIH

06/17/2026

The Leaders of Democracy Silent Auction is open! Bid NOW on trips, goods and experiences -- all to benefit a great cause: empowering voters and defending democracy!

Join us on June 18, 2026, as the League of Women Voters of Colorado proudly honors the recipients of the 2026 Leaders of Democracy Awards:Ambassador Gail…

06/17/2026

In 1978, Gail Schoettler co-founded the Women's Bank of Denver — one of the first banks in the country built specifically to serve women and small businesses who had long been shut out of traditional financial institutions.

She went on to become the Colorado State Treasurer, serving two terms managing the state's finances. In 1994, she was elected Colorado's Lieutenant Governor, where she negotiated the environmental cleanup of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal and Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Facility — saving Colorado billions of dollars. She then served as a United States Ambassador.

After narrowly losing a race for Governor by fewer than 8,000 votes, she co-founded Electing Women alongside Judi Wagner — a national giving circle that has raised over $35 million for women running for Governor and U.S. Senate across the country. That was her response to a narrow loss. That is who she is.

We are proud to honor Ambassador Gail Schoettler as a 2026 Leader of Democracy. Join us this Thursday, June 18th at History Colorado Center to celebrate her.

🎟️ Tickets are $150 for members / $200 for non-members — link below. Space is limited.

https://lwvcolorado.org/content.aspx?page_id=4091&club_id=314195&item_id=2956621

06/11/2026

In 1975, Judi Wagner founded Wagner Investment Management — the first woman-owned investment firm in Colorado — at a time when women had only just gained the legal right to access banking services in their own name.

Three years later, she co-founded the Women's Bank of Denver. On opening day, it pulled in $1 million in deposits, and within 12 weeks, it had become the second-largest women's bank in the country.

She went on to co-found Electing Women, a national giving circle that has raised over $35 million for women running for Governor and U.S. Senate across the country. And she co-founded the first university-based center for women's health research in the United States at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus — fundamentally changing how medical research approaches women's health.

Four institutions. Five decades. One extraordinary woman.

We are proud to honor Judi Wagner as a 2026 Leader of Democracy. Join us June 18th at History Colorado Center to celebrate her.

🎟️ Tickets are $150 for members / $200 for non-members — link below. Space is limited.

https://lwvcolorado.org/content.aspx?page_id=4091&club_id=314195&item_id=2956621

06/10/2026

The League of Women Voters issued the following statement on Congressional passage of funding for immigration enforcement agencies:

06/09/2026

Over the past few years, the League has tracked a surge in legislative and administrative attacks chipping away at the rights of LGBTQIA+ community members, particularly transgender individuals. This ...

06/05/2026

Thanks, Jeff Oster of League of Women Voters of the Gunnison Valley!

In March 2026, the Supreme Court determined that Colorado’s Conversion Therapy ban violated the First Amendment, in a major loss to LGBTQIA+ rights. Colorado moved quickly on two fronts: maintaining protections for youth in a way consistent with the First Amendment and strengthening accountability...

06/05/2026

https://familiesnotpolitics.com/

We believe families — not politicians — should have the freedom to decide what is best for them and their kids. That's why we're opposing Measures 109 & 110.

06/04/2026

Well said, friends!

📆 Before 1964, literacy tests and poll taxes were used to block the ballot.

➡️ Today, our voting rights are under attack. The best response is to turn out to vote and exercise our most important right as Americans. 🗳️

06/04/2026

On this date in 1919, Congress approved the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which said that the right of Americans to vote “shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” (The amendment was then sent to the states for ratification.)