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Shannon Augustus

Press Secretary / Director of Media Relations

Shannon Augustus serves as Press Secretary of the League of Women Voters of the United States, where she is responsible for the League’s press outreach and media requests.

Prior to joining the League, Shannon served as a strategic marketing manager for a state government affairs firm. There, she led the firm's strategic marketing, communications, and brand messaging.

Shannon’s professional career started in the television industry, where she worked at C-SPAN for several years as a producer. Her stints included coverage of the White House and multiple presidential elections. She also held roles on C-SPAN’s marketing and communications team for the C-SPAN Bus program. In that role, Shannon served as spokesman and was tasked with the network's corporate and community relations activities.

Shannon is a native of the Washington, DC area and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from the University of Maryland.

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Federal Court Strikes Down Restrictions on Voters with Disabilities in Ohio (Press Release)

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal court has struck down restrictions in Ohio’s House Bill 458 that made it a crime for all but a handful of family members to assist voters with disabilities in casting absentee ballots.

Federal Court Upholds Mississippi Lifetime Felony Disenfranchisement Law (Press Release)

The League of Women Voters of the United States and the League of Women Voters of Mississippi, along with the Mississippi Center for Justice, One Voice, Mississippi Votes, the Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP, Black Voters Matter, the Mississippi Poor People’s Campaign, the Reaching and Educating for Community Hope (RECH) Foundation, Strong Arms of Mississippi, the Mississippi Prison Reform Coalition, the People’s Advocacy Institute (PAI), and the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) released the following statement after the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Hopkins v. Watson overturned its earlier decision that declared Mississippi’s lifetime felony voting ban was unconstitutional.

LWVUS Commitment to Protecting Democracy in 2024 (Press Release)

The League of Women Voters of the US president, Dianna Wynn, issued a statement about the state of American democracy ahead of the 2024 general election.

A Win for Fair Maps in Utah! (Press Release)

In a victory for Utah voters, the Utah Supreme Court allowed Utah voters to move forward with their claim that the Legislature illegally gutted a citizen-led anti-gerrymandering initiative.

LWV Responds to House Vote on the SAVE Act (Press Release)

WASHINGTON, DC — League of Women Voters of the United States issued a statement in response to the House passage of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act.

Celina Stewart Named Next CEO of the League of Women Voters of the United States (Press Release)

WASHINGTON – The League of Women Voters of the United States is pleased to announce Celina Stewart as the next Chief Executive Officer.

Voting Rights Advocates Celebrate Legislative Change in Mississippi Following Voter Challenge Lawsuit (Press Release)

JACKSON, Miss. — Voting rights advocates celebrate a significant victory as the Mississippi Legislature rolled back an unlawful restriction placed on voters.

This legislative change, which takes effect July 1, follows a successful lawsuit led by Disability Rights Mississippi, the League of Women Voters of Mississippi, and three individual Mississippi voters.

LWV Responds to Supreme Court Decision Temporarily Blocking Idaho Abortion Law Conflicting with Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) (Press Release)

Supreme Court Preserves Access to Abortion Drug Mifepristone (Press Release)

WASHINGTON — Today, the League of Women Voters of the United States issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court ruling in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine. The decision ensures continued access to the medication abortion drug mifepristone:

League of Women Voters and American Booksellers Association Partner to Get Out the Vote through Independent Bookstores (Press Release)

Today, the American Booksellers Association (ABA) and League of Women Voters (LWV) announced a new partnership to educate and empower voters in 2024. The collaboration is part of ABA’s member and community campaign, “Get Out the VOTE,” which aims to equip independent bookstores to engage with voters.