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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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Guest Editorial of March 14, 2024 by Patty MacLeish

Let There Be Light!

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NY State's 2023 Ballot Issues

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National Voter Registration Day is September 19. The League of Women Voters of the Cooperstown Area will be registering Voters at the Cherry Valley Bookstore, The Grand Union in Hartwick Seminary and the Village Library of Cooperstown and the LWV of Oneonta at Hartwick College and SUNY Oneonta.

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Voters deserve to hear directly from the candidates campaigning to represent us at the highest level.

See which candidates have filled out our voter guides and demand the rest follow their example!

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This story was originally published by Forward Kentucky.

On November 29, the League of Women Voters of Kentucky published a study examining “Transparency and Citizen Participation in Kentucky’s Legislative Process” and asking the recurring question, “How Can They Do That?”

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This article was originally published in The Boston Globe.

Voters must cast ballots in the party they are registered for, and voters who are registered as undeclared may vote in either primary. In New Hampshire, roughly 40 percent of voters are registered as undeclared, according to Liz Tentarelli, the president of LWV New Hampshire.

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This story was originally published in the Lincoln Journal Star.

A nonpartisan civic organization has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in a case before the Nebraska Supreme Court over the law that added restrictions for abortion and gender-affirming surgeries for transgender youth.

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Ahead of the 2024 midterms, LWV's latest Public Service Announcement's for VOTE411.org are live!