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We are a nonpartisan political organization serving Harris County by encouraging everyone to participate in the civic life of our community.

Our trusted, non-partisan outreach works to encourage active and informed participation in government and to increase understanding of major public policy issues. We sponsor candidate debates and forums, town-hall style seminars on important public issues, voter registration drives, election information outreach, and of course our fabeled Voters Guide to the Election and the Candidates. We never endorse or oppose any candidate or political party. And we've been at it since 1920!

09/12/2026

National Voter Registration Week at LWVH starts TOMORROW! 🗳️

From Sept 13–20, LWV Houston and partners across the city are hosting registration events, pop-ups, and voter education drives, swipe through for the full schedule and find one near you! 📍

This year’s National Voter Registration Week lands during America’s 250th anniversary, making it the perfect moment to make sure you and everyone you know is .

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🔗 Link in Bio to our full schedule, goals & to sign up to volunteer

YourVoteMatters

09/10/2026

🚨 Mark your calendar: October 5 is the deadline to register or update your voter registration ahead of the November 3 election.

Not sure what your status means? There are three:
✅Active: You’re all set to Vote in Nov!
⚠️Suspense: Likely your county needs to confirm your address
‼️Not Found: no record on file, you’ll need to register BEFORE OCT 5TH

If you’re on the suspense list, don’t panic! It doesn’t mean you’ve been removed. It usually just means a mailed registration card came back undeliverable, and you can still vote if you update your address before Oct. 5.

Here’s how to fix it:
➡️Check your status with Harris County or your local county — Find your county office at Houstonvotersguide.org/elections-directory
➡️Check your status on the site wide Texas SOS site
➡️Update your address or register online before the OCT 5TH deadline

Moved outside Harris County?
You’ll need to re-register with your new county by Oct. 5.

If you’re still in suspense on Election Day, you can fill out a “Statement of Residence” at the polls, and you can still vote!

Questions about your registration or status? Call the Harris County Voter Registrar at 713-274-8200, or reach out to LWVH at 713-784-2923. We’re nonpartisan and here to help everyone get ready to vote! 🗳️

09/07/2026

Happy Labor Day! 🇺🇸

Today we celebrate the workers who keep Houston running. It’s also a great reminder: civic participation, like voting, is one more way we all have a voice in shaping our community.

Enjoy the day, and don’t forget to check your voter registration before the next election. 🗳️

Links to register and check your voter registration status is in our bio.

Feliz Día del Trabajo!🇺🇸

Hoy celebramos a los trabajadores que mantienen a Houston en marcha. También es un buen recordatorio: la participación cívica, como votar, es otra forma en que todos tenemos voz en la construcción de nuestra comunidad.

Disfruten el día, y no olviden verificar su registro de votante antes de la próxima elección. 🗳️

Los enlaces para registrarte y verificar el estado de tu registro de votante están en nuestra biografía.

09/05/2026

🗳️ National Voter Registration Week is almost here! From Sept 15–19, LWV Houston volunteers will be out across greater Houston from cafes, run clubs, college campuses, clinics, farmers markets, and more!

We will be in the community helping register new voters ahead of the October 5 registration deadline!

We can’t do it without you. Whether you have an hour or a whole afternoon, there’s a shift with your name on it.

👉 Sign up through our Volunteer Calendar: lwvhouston.org/volunteer

09/03/2026

Take 30 seconds today and check your voter registration. Seriously! Check yours now! 📲

Two places, both official, both free:
→ Harris County Tax Office: hctax.net/Voter/SearchFL
→ Texas Secretary of State’s “Am I Registered?” portal

You’ll need your name and date of birth, your driver’s license number, or the VUID from your voter registration certificate.

Here’s what you might see:

ACTIVE ✅ You’re set. While you’re there, make sure the address on file is where you actually live now.

IN SUSPENSE ⚠️ Don’t panic. You are still registered and you can still vote. It means your registrar isn’t certain your address is current — usually because a registration certificate or jury summons came back undeliverable. Texas mails new certificates every two years, so an old address is the most common cause. More than 1.2 million Texans are on this list right now. If you still live at the same address, you can confirm it at the polls with a Statement of Residence. If you moved, be sure to update before Oct 5.

NO RECORD FOUND ❓ Try searching a different way first; name, driver’s license, and VUID each pull different matches. Still nothing? Save time by re-registering.

All voter registration applications have to be printed, signed, and mailed or hand-delivered to the county Tax Office.

🗓️ OCTOBER 5 is the deadline! Voter registrations must be received by the Tax Office to be eligible to vote in the November 3 election.

Questions about your Harris County status?
Call 713-274-8200. Support is available in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, and Chinese.

Americans fought for centuries to expand the right to vote to all citizens. Use it. 🗳️

Save this. Send it to one person who hasn’t checked yet.

LWVHouston Nonpartisan YourVoteYourVoice 2026Midterms HTX

08/28/2026

First step of your November voting plan: check your registration. ✅

Before you think about candidates, dates, or polling locations — make sure you’re actually on the roll. Registrations can go inactive after a move, a name change, or a stretch of not voting, and plenty of people don’t find out until Election Day.

Take two minutes to confirm:
👉🏽 Your status is active
👉🏽 Your name and address match where you live now
👉🏽 You’re registered before Monday, October 5, 2026, the last day to register for the November 3 election

In Texas, new registrations must be submitted on a paper application, so don’t wait until the final weekend. Check your status and get a form at the link on the graphic: Houstonvotersguide.org/register-to-vote

Empowering Voters. Defending Democracy.

Vota2026

Primer paso de tu plan para votar en noviembre: verifica tu registro. ✅

Antes de pensar en candidatos, fechas o lugares de votación, confirma que estás en la lista. Un registro puede quedar inactivo tras una mudanza, un cambio de nombre o varios años sin votar.

Tómate dos minutos para confirmar:
👉🏽 Que tu estatus esté activo
👉🏽 Que tu nombre y dirección estén actualizados
👉🏽 Que te registres antes del lunes 5 de octubre de 2026, último día para registrarte para las elecciones del 3 de noviembre

En Texas, los registros nuevos se entregan en papel, así que no esperes hasta el último fin de semana. Verifica tu estatus en Houstonvotersguide.org/register-to-vote

08/26/2026

August 26, 1920: the 19th Amendment was certified. But the League of Women Voters was already up and running — founded that February, at the end of a 72-year fight, with a single first assignment: help women learn to use the vote they had just won.

That story runs through Houston. The Finnigan sisters organized this city’s first 20th-century suffrage league in 1903, after Carrie Chapman Catt came to speak here. Sixteen years later, the Texas suffragists who won ratification transformed their organization and became the League of Women Voters of Texas. The Houston League followed in 1920. Same women. New work.

We’re still doing it! Tonight join us LWVH and The Heritage Society for our fifth annual Women’s Equality Day program, this year through the lens of 250 Years of Women’s History. Eve Myers, Dr. Nancy Sims, and Rae Bryant will explore the often-overlooked contributions of women whose work helped build Houston and the nation. Refreshments provided by the League of Women Voters Houston.

📍 The Heritage Society · 1100 Bagby St, Houston, TX 77002
🕠 Wednesday, Aug. 26 · 5:30 PM
🎟️ Free for LWVH + THS members, $10 non-members — link in bio

Also today: BOGO Women’s History Tours at 10:00, 11:30, 1:00 and 2:30.

08/24/2026

🚨 PUBLIC COMMENTS CLOSE TONIGHT! 🚨The price of U.S. citizenship could jump 75% under a proposed federal rule.

Application fees would rise from $760 to $1,330. The cost to appeal a denial would rise from $830 to $1,475. And fee waivers and reductions for low-income applicants would be eliminated entirely.

The people this affects have already met every requirement the law asks, years of lawful residence, background checks, the English and civics tests. Under this rule, the only thing left standing between them and citizenship would be the price.

The rule isn’t final yet.
Public comments are open through August 24 at 11pm CST, and every comment has to be reviewed.

We’ve written a letter you can use, scan the QR code or find the link in our bio. It takes about three minutes to submit.

Eligibility — not income — should decide who becomes a citizen.

LWVH is a nonpartisan organization. We do not support or oppose any candidate or political party.

Naturalization TakeAction

08/20/2026

Tonight at 11:59 p.m., the 2026 Midterm Houston Voters Guide closes to candidate submissions.

What happens next is the part most people don’t see: every response goes into translation, layout, proofing, and print. We plan to produce 70,000 copies to be distributed free through libraries, schools, community organizations, and local media across Harris County by early October, well ahead of early voting.

Every candidate in a race receives identical questions, in identical order, with identical character limits. Responses publish exactly as submitted; unedited. Participation is free!

The League of Women Voters of Houston does not support or oppose any candidate or political party. A legacy a century old, that we are serious about upholding.

Candidates: if your invitation never arrived, Email [email protected] with the best email address and we’ll resend your link tonight.

Everyone else: if you work with, know, or support someone on the November ballot, forward this. Down-ballot races are where voters have the least information and where a completed entry does the most good.

https://lnkd.in/ge6MNAsz

VoterEducation

08/18/2026

August 18, 1920. 💜
The 19th Amendment is ratified.

The League of Women Voters was founded six months before the ratification of the 19th amendment, by the very suffragists still fighting for ratification.

Carrie Chapman Catt proposed the idea of LWV as the next chapter of the movement at NAWSA’s 1919 St. Louis convention, and the national suffrage association transformed itself into the League of Women Voters, a civic educational organization.

This history runs straight through Houston. The Equal Suffrage League of Houston was organized in 1903, after Catt herself came to speak here. Then Minnie Fisher Cunningham led the Texas Equal Suffrage Association out of its Houston headquarters, lobbied Congress for the amendment, chased down governors to secure ratification in Texas. She then helped organize the national League and became its first executive secretary. Texas became the 9th state, and the first in the South, to ratify.

Same women. Same fight. New chapter. 💪🏽

When the Texas association dissolved, the League of Women Voters of Houston rose in its place, and we’ve been at it ever since!

106 years later, we’re still doing exactly what they set out to do: make sure every voter knows how to use their power.

Address

Houston, TX
77002

Telephone

+17137842923

Website

https://lwvhouston.org/info

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