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Why Your Vote is Safe and Secure!

Patty MacLeish, Director of Communications, LWV of the Cooperstown Area

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Don't spread mis- or dis-information. Check out LWVNY's "Just the Facts" list about voting security.

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Voting—Casting a Ballot Keeps Getting Easier!

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Learning To Identify Misinformation and Disinformation

By Patty MacLeish and Aviva Schneider

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A Voters Guide to Elections from the League of Women Voters of the Cooperstown Area

Voting: The Time To Prepare Is Now

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HR 22, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, will require that every eligible voter provide documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote even though voters in every state are already required to affirm or verify their citizenship status when registering and voting. 

Every eligible voter could be unnecessarily burdened by the SAVE Act at some point when they update or change their voter registration information. 

Congress must act to ensure that every eligible US citizen has the freedom to vote unimpeded by discriminatory rules rooted in fear and division.

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With anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation sharply on the rise, it’s no surprise that barriers to voting have also increased for transgender people.

With this in mind, the League opposes strict voter ID laws, as they often unfairly burden certain groups of voters, while being totally unnecessary to prevent voter fraud.

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This op-ed was originally published in Newsweek.

Adam Ambrogi, LWVUS chief of external affairs, Pamela Smith, Verified Voting executive director, and cybersecurity expert Paul Rosenzweig highlight the danger of the current administration's defunding of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).