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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)

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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 […]

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 […]

Concurrences on State Studies

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At its Board meeting in December 2021, the LWVNYS Board approved materials to be distributed to all local Leagues and members in January 2022 for consideration of a new position on the structure of election administration in New York state. An Election Administration Structure Committee was created after approval of a new study on the […]