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Internet Voting

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 […]

Let’s Look Into This

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 […]

Making Democracy Work

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 […]

Prior Authorization in Medicare Advantage Plans

“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 […]

Leagues in the News

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. […]

State Fair – Thank You!

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 […]

Local League News

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 […]

Local League News

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 […]

Ballot Ready Recap of June Primary

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 […]