Proposed Positions Discussion April 26, 7:00 pm on Zoom If you have been unable to attend your local League meeting on the proposed positions on election administration and voting while incarcerated, then join us on Zoom on April 26 and have your voice heard. Only members who have NOT or CANNOT attend their local...Continue Reading
Court Simplification: How Simplifying our Court System can Improve Equal Access for all People Wed, April 27, 7:00 by Zoom Please join the League of Women Voters of NYS and the Fund for Modern Courts to learn about how court simplification will remove the barriers that impact litigants, families, victims, local government, small business,...Continue Reading
President’s Message Judie Gorenstein, judieL728@aol.com April 2022 was a very busy month for the LWVNYS On the first two Saturdays of the month, LWVNYS held our final two regional training workshops. At the training in Scarsdale during my opening remarks, I spoke of what two things the past year had taught all of us. We cannot...Continue Reading
“That’s obvious, we think, it was crafted by 55 men in powdered wigs who met in Philadelphia over the summer of 1787 with the charge of “establishing in these states a firm national government.” But more than 40 percent of the Constitution was actually written after 1787 in a series of 27 amendments adopted over...Continue Reading
Winter Farmers’ Markets on LI Just because the cold weather has descended on Long Island doesn’t mean you have to give up going to farmers markets. Here are four that will be going strong throughout the winter. Two of them are rather far from us, but you can make a visit to them part of...Continue Reading
One of two gavels used by Susan B. Anthony at the National Suffrage Convention in Atlanta in 1895 is now on display in the Governor’s office on loan from LWVNYS. The date March 3, 1895 is inscribed in ink on the gavel head. Mrs. F. Warren Green of Larchmont presented the gavel to the state...Continue Reading
Report from the Redistricting Committee Attached below are slides from the LWVPWM Redistricting Committee on our work thus far this year (July-December 2021) that was presented at today’s board meeting. The letter from LWVNY Executive Director Laura Bierman about the breakdown of the Independent Redistricting Committee.Continue Reading
We were all excited about finally getting together in person to celebrate the New Year at the LWV of East Nassau’s 2022 Holiday Party which was to take place on Wednesday, January 19, at TOTO’S Restaurant at the Jones Beach Hotel. And, then came Omicron! Not wanting to take a chance on the health and...Continue Reading
A Transparent Approach in the 19th Century Let Voters Know Their Ballots Were Counted …The hyped-up panic over voter fraud is nothing new, despite what headlines might lead people to believe… But while fraudulent voting has been found to be quite rare, perhaps one of the most innovative ways to safeguard against it while also...Continue Reading