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Voter Service Report

This past year has been both challenging and rewarding for voter service committees and Leagues throughout the state. With our country becoming more polarized than ever, all our candidate events needed to not only be nonpartisan but perceived as nonpartisan. At the July 2017 board meeting the new board adopted two policies. The policy on” […]

League Urges Opposition of Election Assistance Commission Termination Act

The League sent a memo to members of the Committee on House Administration ahead of the markup of HR 634, the Election Assistance Commission Termination Act. The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) is the only federal entity devoted exclusively to improving election administration on a bipartisan basis. At this time the League does not believe terminating […]

Voter Education

The League of Women Voters of the US Education Fund, and the League of Women Voters of NYS Education Foundation conducts voter service and citizen education activities. They are a nonpartisan nonprofit public policy educational organizations, which: Build citizen participation in the democratic process. Study key community issues at all government levels in an unbiased […]