Your Vote Counts, but How is it Counted?

Join the League on September 10 to Hear from Our County Election Commissioners
Mark your calendars for Wednesday, September 10, at 6:00 p.m. when our League will host a public meeting on a timely subject. Otsego County Election Commissioners, Michael Henrici and Lori Lehenbauer, will describe how registration, voting and ballot counting are carried out. Their talk will explain how the Board of Elections staff work to assure that every vote is properly cast and accurately counted.  
“After conversations with other Leagues throughout the state, we realized that Otsego County is indeed fortunate,” notes LWVCA co-president Christina Bourgeois. “Our election commissioners have always been forthcoming and helpful as we carry out our work and we have learned much over the years working with them. We are so pleased that the general public can learn as we have how this important work is accomplished.” 
After the commissioners speak, the League will announce our fall program.  This year our local work focus on the League’s nationwide “Unite and Rise 8.5” campaign. 
What is Unite and Rise 8.5?  In April 2025 the League of Women Voters declared that our country was in a constitutional crisis and responded to their concern with a new campaign that they titled Unite and Rise 8.5. (You can read more about the program on our website www.lwvcooperstownarea.org).
Locally, our League will focus on three topics: Public Mobilization and Coalition Building, Civic Education and Engagement, and Democracy Resilience. The topic for the September 10 program will be a call for greater civic education and engagement.
Please join us on September 10 at 6:00 at the Ballroom in the Village Hall,  22 Main St., Cooperstown. And bring your neighbors!