The new Legal Center on LWV.org showcases where the League is fighting for voters’ rights and civil rights in courts around the country. CHECK OUT THE LEGAL CENTER We’ve launched the center with a number of important historic and active cases on our docket, and we’ll continue to build out the center with our...Continue Reading
Albany County The Albany County League recently visited Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site at Val-Kill in Hyde Park, New York. Members toured the site and listened to a presentation by Supervisory Park Ranger Franceska Macsali Urbinon on Eleanor Roosevelt’s development as a crusader for social reform through her friendships with women activists of the 1920s...Continue Reading
Local Leagues are reminded to update the LWVUS database with their new officers. If you go onto your local League page and scroll down, you can then click on tab, “Current Leadership” and list your current officers and make “inactive” any former officers. You can click on the tab, “Leadership/Staff History” to see former leaders....Continue Reading
Want to learn more about county redistricting in your area? Check out our County Redistricting Toolkit below. You can also download this PDF to your computer to view offline. Do you have a question about redistricting or want to get involved in your League’s efforts? Email milly@lwvny.orgContinue Reading
Let’s get together in person again! League Regional Training Workshop – April 2 The League of Women Voters of NYS has invited all members to come to training workshops being held throughout the state on Saturdays from 10:00 – 4:00 in March and early April. All members are invited to attend any or all of...Continue Reading
CANDIDATE EVENTS ESSENTIALS EACH AND EVERY CANDIDATE EVENT, NO MATTER WHAT IT IS NAMED, MUST ABIDE BY WRITTEN POLICY Develop a comprehensive written Candidate Event policy reviewed annually by the Board that includes: Non-partisan statement. Prohibition against empty chair debates (LWVNY adopted policy July 2017). Recording policy. Criteria for Candidate inclusion (LWVNY recommends only including...Continue Reading
If you are no longer President or on your local League board, please forward this to the appropriate board member – and be sure that your League has submitted the changes in your board to the state office. Local League To Do’s (email: lwvny@lwvny.org or call 518-465-4162) Complete and return the Local League Update form...Continue Reading
