Truth
Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it. ~ Blaise Psacal Anyone who doesn’t take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either. ~ Albert Einstein If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that […]
Supreme Court Strips Americans of Right to Abortion
Supreme Court Strips Americans of Constitutional Right to Abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Decision Court signals threat to marriage equality, contraception, and private intimacy WASHINGTON — Today the League of Women Voters of the United States President Dr. Deborah Turner and CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following joint statement in response to the 6 – […]
Roe v. Wade Decision
Dear League members, Today, the US Supreme Court eliminated the constitutional right to an abortion, overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. We believed this was coming, but we still had some hope. Now, the hurt is extreme and real. Read my statement with LWV CEO Virginia Kase Solomón. It is appropriate to feel the pain […]
Local League News: June 2022
LWV of Tompkins County The Tompkins County League joined Planned Parenthood of Greater New York, who organized rallies in Corning and Ithaca, for the Bans Off our Bodies rally. People gathered in opposition to the potential overturning of Roe Versus Wade and Planned Parenthood versus Casey on the Ithaca Commons at Bernie Milton Pavilion. LWVTC […]
Texting Service (text VoteNY to 474747)
Encourage members and voters to sign up for the League’s texting service (text VoteNY to 474747) to get timely reminders on voting. The Voter Service Committee and our voter service contacts with each local League are working together to GOTV. Check out the GOTV Tool Kit for new ideas (attached). And be sure to submit […]
Voter Service Shout-Out
We want to give a special shout-out to the following members for contributing their time and talents for our candidate forums and voter registration activities: Dania Smith Michele Greenblatt Jeany Beir Mary Price Barbara Josepher Fran Weiss Ginny Carew Grace Felicetti, and last, but certainly not least, Barbara Epstein We are counting on their continuing […]
Local League Support Committee: June 2022
Joy Rosenzweig, joyrose6@gmail.com, and Kathy Stein, kstein1@twcny.rr.com, Co-Chairs Welcome to the new LWV of Great Neck MAL Unit! The Local League Support Committee is happy to report that the LWVNYS Board approved the establishment of the LWV of Great Neck MAL Unit. Leaders of the new MAL Unit include Beth Friedmann, Marni Schlesinger, and Nancy […]
Notable Quotes
“We have a bill of rights. What we need is a bill of responsibilities.” —Bill Maher “We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy.” —Martin L. Gross “Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity.” —Albert Einstein “Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.” —Khalil Gibran “Political […]
Redistricting in NYS and Nassau County
New York State The court has set new district lines for both the US House of Representatives and the NYS Senate. The primary date (as of June 1) for these offices will be August 23. So far, the NYS Assembly lines are still the ones approved by the NYS legislature and signed by the Governor. […]
Election Polling Schedule
