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In this month's message, President Jill Torbert describes the League's revenue sources, explains the importance of donations and requests support for its upcoming fundraising event.

2026 is a big election year and now is the time to start planning to ensure every voter has an efficient and fair experience at the polls. Learn one way to help.

Can We Talk? a coalition of over sixty San Antonio women's organizations, hosts events scheduled to commemorate Women's History Month in March and Women's Equality Day and Texas Women's Independence Day in August. Read more to learn about their upcoming event to celebrate the healing power of women in the arts.

The League's Community Outreach community has printed election materials to share information essential to voting. Help us share the information within your community.

Come join us on the first Thursday of every month for a dutch-treat, casual social gathering to meet others concerned about empowering voters and defending democracy while maintaining the LWV's nonpartisan policy. Learn more and please join us!

Arlene Ogletree was elected to the League's Board of Directors in June. She serves as Director-at-Large in charge of Organization. In addition to a bachelor's degree in political science from UTSA, she earned a subsequent degree from St. Edward's University in Human Services with a concentration in Conflict Management. Read on to learn more of her story.

Want to learn how to be more effective when engaging in difficult conversations? League of Women Voters members are invited to join Callie Langford and Audrey Sherman, LMSW of Blue Sky Partners, who will share effective communication tools to employ in hard conversations. ​

Earlier this year, Mayor Jones announced the formation of the Mayor’s Commission on Voting. Read on to learn where to see the commission's full report and recommendations and how to submit public comments.

In the summer of 2013, the military brought my family to San Antonio, and we fell in love with the community and decided to stay. I have been a “professional volunteer” for almost thirty years.

I thoroughly enjoyed being a Girl Scout as a young girl. I loved singing around the campfire, working on projects, learning new things and exploring with friends. There was the troop camaraderie, of course, but there was also a sense of accomplishment and purpose to our activities. One song we always sang gathered around a campfire was Make New Friends. As I meet new League members or build relationships with new community partners, I am often reminded of the lyrics.

On Saturday, May 16, members of the League of Women Voters San Antonio (LWVSA) convened their annual meeting to conduct League business, pass the 2026-27 budget, and elect new Board members. Read more to hear about topics discussed by speaker Mayor Ortiz-Jones and learn who is newly elected to the Board of Directors.

LWV US has collaborated with Andrea Pippins, an artist and author, to create an image that will inspire women to join the Unite and Rise movement.

For 35 years I taught math and statistics to students at Trinity University, so education has long been an important part of my life. The League’s mission of helping citizens understand the voting process, the issues, and the candidates aligns with my strong belief in the power of education.
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Changes to United States Postal Services' processing of mail may impact voting.

My parents modeled and encouraged education, civic engagement and volunteerism. Having long appreciated League of Women Voters (LWV) efforts which combine these three values, I joined its local San Antonio chapter in 2021. Registering newly naturalized citizens to vote and assisting the Youth Voter Outreach Committee at community events and on college campuses are especially rewarding experiences.

The League of Women Voters Member Portal is our unified membership system for all Leagues
and makes renewing online easy!

In October, we reported that LWVSA, other Leagues and nongovernmental entities were no longer permitted to provide voter registration services at administrative naturalization ceremonies. This was due to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) adopting a new policy that banned nonpartisan, third-party voter registration organizations from participating in USCIS-led naturalization ceremonies.

My lifelong social justice journey began in high school when I founded a partnership with HEB to provide free Thanksgiving meals for families in need—a program that continues to serve my hometown decades later. I expanded on this work throughout college at Tulane University: volunteering with food banks and community kitchens in New Orleans while studying the systemic roots of hunger and poverty.

Many seniors are unaware of all of the requirements to vote by mail, especially that they must apply annually.

The League of Women Voters launched Unite & Rise 8.5 in May 2025. Its goal is to build a movement of 8.5 million individuals to unite and rise up against the anti-democratic actions of this administration.

The number 8.5 million is a large number, but it is the estimated number of people it would take to bring about change through nonviolent protest. This is based on the following finding from the Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights: “Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts . . . and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.”

The LWVSA Community Outreach Committee is launching a Voting Rights Education for the Incarcerated program to inform incarcerated and formerly incarcerated citizens of their voting rights. The League received a $5,000 grant from the Texas Bar Foundation to fund the initiative.

The author, Trish Nicholson, is the great-great-niece of Minnie Fisher Cunningham. "Minnie Fish", as she was know by her friends, was a leader in the Texas suffragist movement. Later she was recruited to help lead the national suffragist movement because of her notable skills. Read more about this amazing Texan.

Recent changes in federal regulations prohibit LWVSA and other nongovernmental agencies from participating in some, but not all, naturalization ceremonies.

The League's Youth Contest is one of the many ways LWVSA engages college and high school students in civics with the hope that they will become life-long voters. Tina Reck-Guerra uses her talents and passions to make the contest a success year after year.

Jan Olsen describes how her involvement with the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center and LWVSA brought the two organizations together.

Did you know that 100% of your donation to the LWVSA stays local?

The League of Women Voters of the San Antonio Area Youth Outreach Team was honored by Trinity University recently.

Farewell Message from League of Women Voters of the San Antonio Area President, Madhu Sridhar.

LWVSA Recognized for Work Educating and Registering Voters.

All of us at the League of Women Voters of San Antonio are saddened to learn of the recent passing of Evelyn Bonavita, a longtime member of the League. Evelyn served as president of the League of Women Voters of San Antonio. She was also the president of the Texas League. She passed away on November 12 in Austin where she had moved earlier this year.

The League of Women Voters of the San Antonio Area was recognized at the City Council meeting on November 9 for our work. Mayor Ron Nirenberg introduced the League as “the organization fighting a good fight for democracy for over 100 years.”

The 88th Texas Legislature passed several laws that affect procedures in voting and elections. They go into
effect before the November 7 Constitutional Amendment election.

New bipartisan laws are designed to lower rejection rates of mail-in applications and mail ballots and to improve the ability to track them. This follows the rejection of thousands of ballots after a 2021 law created new and confusing identification requirements.

Candidates responded to audience questions at two candidate forums

Remembering Elaine Talarski, a longtime member and former President of the San Antonio League, who passed away in February.

LWV Texas has the resources you need to be an active and engaged constituent during this critical session of the Texas Legislature.

Our League's website has lots of helpful features to help our members stay in touch with each other and get more involved in empowering voters and defending democracy. The first step to access many of those features is to log into the website. Here are some tips to help members log in successfully.

Nancy Price, former president of the League of Women Voters of San Antonio Area and a long-time member, died on November 27, 2022. She helped build the platform for civic participation here in Bexar County, on which we stand so proudly today and continue to empower voters and defend democracy. A memorial service will be held January 7 at 2 p.m. at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Antonio, 7150 I-10, San Antonio, TX 78213.

The League was honored during NAACP Freedom Fund Celebration for its important contributions for providing valuable information for voters in the San Antonio Community.

The League of Women Voters has new t-shirts that you can order and have delivered.

Prudent election reforms, such as rank choice voting, are needed to engage voters, increase voter participation, elect leaders with broader support and avoid high cost runoffs with low voter turnout.

The nonprofit has come along way. Under the leadership of Madhu Sridhar, the League of Women Voters of the San Antonio Area has thrived. She leaves in May.