The New York State legislature is considering death with dignity legislation in New York State. The legislation is modeled after laws in Oregon and other states. Currently 6 states and Washington DC have authorized the procedure either through court rulings, referendum, or state legislation. • Oregon in 1994 through ballot initiative • Washington in 2008...Continue Reading
Active Euthanasia Active Euthanasia is the medical administration of a lethal agent to a patient in order to relieve intolerable and intractable suffering of the patient, resulting in death. Advance Directive An advance directive is a document in which a person makes provision for health care decisions, including naming a surrogate decision maker in the...Continue Reading
What is League Concurrence? CONCURRENCE as defined by LWVUS LEAGUE BASICS is: agreement by League members with a position on an issue reached by a small group of members or by another League. Based on LWVUS precedent, it is not necessary that the “decision statement” or “pre-stated position” follow verbatim the position upon which it...Continue Reading
LWVUS Receives DC Statehood and Voting Rights Grant Led by the LWVDC Committee for Full Rights for DC Citizens, members are presenting DC Statehood Toolkit materials in five places soon, with other visits planned, like LWV Hong Kong in November. Up first are Anchorage and Tanana Valley, Alaska Leagues, and the Missouri State Fall Conference....Continue Reading
Board member and Students Inside Albany Coordinator Lorraine Newman recently received an email from Domenique Masi, the Island Park High School student who represented LWVEN at the 2017 League of Women Voters of New York State Students Inside Albany (SIA) conference last spring. Now a student at Colgate University, Domenique wanted to express her appreciation...Continue Reading
One hundred years ago, women in New York State won the right to vote, two years before the passage of the 19th amendment, and after over 80 years of fighting for and demanding suffrage. Now, 100 years later, the League of Women Voters is the living legacy of those women and men who were not...Continue Reading
All local Leagues have been incredibly busy with voter registration drives and candidate events. Many have also engaged in other activities that are highlighted here! Great job by all on voter service activities. LWV of New Castle created a board (see left) about their League for the New Castle Historical Society Exhibition “New Castle’s Carrie...Continue Reading
First Call to National Convention 2018 The League of Women Voters’ 53rd National Convention will be held at the Hilton Chicago in Chicago, IL, from Thursday, June 28 through Sunday, July 1, 2018. We invite our League members to save these dates and plan to join hundreds of passionate and engaged leaders for our biennial...Continue Reading
Sally Robinson, robintwins@gmail.com Our new brochure on the constitutional convention ballot proposal is now available (click here or see link on state website). A wealth of information on the ballot proposal question on whether to hold a constitutional convention, including articles in favor and against the proposal, is available on the state League website at...Continue Reading
