by Norma Schaeffer, Voter Service Director On June 28, 2019, our usual Freeport Housing Authority cadre came together to monitor the FHA election for Resident Commissioner. The day went smoothly due to everyone arriving at his/her location on time and staying until the ballot boxes were picked up by the maintenance people, who were not...Continue Reading
Hours for all dates is 9:00 am – 4:00 pm For additional information, go to www.oysterbaytown.com/recycling. T.O.B. Solid Waste Disposal Complex Bethpage-Sweet Hollow Road, Old Bethpage, NY 11804 Saturday July 13 Saturday August 10 Saturday September 7 Sunday October 27 The PQ Recycling Plant in Farmingdale is one of only two in NYS that purchase redeemed...Continue Reading
Town of Oyster Bay We are planning a candidate forum for Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor and three at-large town council seats on October 17th, 7:00 – 9:00 pm at the Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library. Town of Hempstead We are planning a candidate forum for Town of Hempstead Supervisor on October 10 from 7:00 pm –...Continue Reading
On Wednesday Aug. 21, 2019, at 7:15 pm, at the Levittown Library, we will have a get-together for new and prospective members and for members who plan to be part of our voter registration team this fall. For information please contact Barbara Epstein at info@lwveastnassau.org.Continue Reading
The state League received a grant as part of the Making Democracy Work sponsored by The League of Women Voters of US Education Fund. Our project is to educate citizens throughout New York State on all of the new voting laws and also to evaluate the implementation of the new laws during the election. The...Continue Reading
Last fall, the Rivertowns League received a phone call from a grandmother who was determined to bring a voter registration form to her grandson’s 18 birthday. She said it was the best present she could give him (although it wasn’t going to be the only one!). That grandmother inspired us to create these Birthday Bundles...Continue Reading
Who Can Vote? be a U.S. citizen, be 18 years old by December 31 of the year in which you file the voter registration form, be 18 years old by the date of the general, primary or other election in which you want to vote, not be in jail or on parole for a felony...Continue Reading
Many of us wear buttons saying, “League of Women Voters-Not for Women Only.” In 1973, the League’s charter was amended to allow male members and we have benefited from that change ever since. Any study of the history of women’s suffrage includes the men who stood alongside the suffragists and fought for women to have...Continue Reading
