While the appeal of Internet voting is obvious, the risks, unfortunately, are not. Voted ballots sent via the Internet simply cannot be made secure and make easy and inviting targets for attackers ranging from lone hackers to foreign governments seeking to undermine US elections. Despite that, as states provide electronic delivery of blank ballots, some...Continue Reading

With all the concerns today about the burden of huge college loans, and the sometimes questionable earning power of Bachelors’ Degrees, more attention is being turned to CTE (Career Technical Education). Previously known as Vocational Education, and sometimes relegated to students with lesser academic skills, these programs are receiving more attention as a means to...Continue Reading

Has anyone had time to breathe yet? What an incredibly exciting and busy time for all Leagues throughout NY State and through our entire country. Voter services are everywhere and all of you involved deserve accolades to the “nth.” It is also well known that youth has been involved with many events such as voter...Continue Reading

“While Medicare Advantage (MA) plans are required to cover the same health services as Original Medicare, they are not required to offer the same level of provider access and can impose coverage restrictions—like prior authorization—that require enrollees to take additional steps before accessing prescribed care. If a service is covered with prior authorization,” enrollees must...Continue Reading

Madeline Zevon, Co-Chair of the LWVNYS Health Committee, wrote an OpEd in the Lohud media of Westchester County on the issue of single payer health care. See her OpEd here. Diane Burrows of LWV of NYC was highlighted in a NY Times article about her work as a poll worker. Read it here. Two of...Continue Reading

This year we didn’t do as well as 2016 at the State Fair in Syracuse but we are happy that we were able to distribute so much voter information to people and to alert them to the primary date change. Here were the totals: Registration Form Completed – 144 Registration Form Taken but not Completed...Continue Reading

The highlight of the LWV of Buffalo/Niagara’s Education Committee’s year was the May 23, 2018, forum Perspectives on What Works in Public Education, an informative panel featuring the following national and local educators: Sherry Cleary, executive director, New York Early Childhood Professional Development Institute;David Mauricio, chief of Strategic Alignment & Innovation, Buffalo Public Schools; John...Continue Reading

The highlight of the LWV of Buffalo/Niagara‘s Education Committee’s year was the May 23, 2018, forum Perspectives on What Works in Public Education, an informative panel featuring the following national and local educators: Sherry Cleary, executive director, New York Early Childhood Professional Development Institute; David Mauricio, chief of Strategic Alignment & Innovation, Buffalo Public Schools; John Cotter Starkey, principal...Continue Reading

Ballot Ready Recap of June Primary: In spite of many New Yorkers not having a congressional primary, we had fairly good usage on Ballot Ready. In the month of June our site had 5,578 views. A total of 1,918 users. A total of 2,320 sessions (this accounts for multiple sessions by individual users. Ballot Ready uploaded...Continue Reading

The League of Women Voters of East Nassau is launching a campaign to recruit new members, women, men and students 16 years and older. We are having a get together on Wednesday July 18th at the Levittown Public Library, 1 Bluegrass Lane, Levittown at 7:15pm. The League is a non-partisan, non-profit organization which encourages informed...Continue Reading