Utica-Rome Metropolitan Area

Utica-Rome Metropolitan Area

The League of Women Voters of the United States encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

The League is proud to be nonpartisan, neither supporting nor opposing candidates or political parties at any level of government, but always working on vital issues of concern to members and the public.

The League of Women Voters of Utica-Rome Metro Area serves the people of Utica, Rome, Herkimer and the surrounding areas of Upstate NY.    

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No Kings rally

No Kings rally partners

  

 

 

Oneida County Election Day2025 Early voting locations 

 

 

 

 

Get together at Swiftys
Event Date: 
10/16/2025 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Event location: 

Swifty's Restaurant & Pub

Blog Post

Do you have kids or young people in your life? You’re a great messenger to connect them with voting information! 

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Press Mention

As we enter National Voter Education Week, Oct. 6-10, it is timely to consider how the right to vote is and has been an essential part of our democratic institution.

2025 Prop 1
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Language on the Ballot
Allows skiing and related trail facilities on state forest preserve land. The site is 1,039 acres. Requires State to add 2,500 acres of new forest land in Adirondack Park.

A yes vote authorizes new ski trails and related facilities in the Adirondack forest preserve.

A no vote does not authorize this use.

Public Statement

The League of Women Voters, along with three individual plaintiffs, asked a court for emergency relief in a class action lawsuit that seeks to stop the Trump-Vance administration’s unlawful creation of massive government databases consolidating sensitive and legally protected personal information on millions of people in America to unlawfully open investigations and purge voter rolls. 

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The Colorado State Legislature defines conversion therapy as the effort to change an individual’s sexual orientation, including efforts to change behaviors or gender expressions or to eliminate or reduce sexual or romantic attraction or feelings toward individuals of the same sex. The Legislature felt so strongly about the dangers of conversion therapy that, with bipartisan support, they passed House Bill 19-1129, prohibiting conversion therapy for minors in Colorado.  

HB 19-1129 is being challenged in court by a conservative Christian therapist in Colorado Springs.

Public Statement

On Thursday, September 25th, the United States Department of Justice sued six states, including New York, for a failure to provide voter registration rolls.

Blog Post

One in 10 eligible voters in the US is a naturalized citizen. In recent years, Hispanic adults have made up the largest share (34%) of that population. More than half of naturalized citizen voters live in four states: California, Florida, New York, and Texas. Together, these states hold roughly a third of the US electorate. 

These facts show where many Latino families live, work, organize, and vote. But each household has its own story: a bus driver, a teacher, a small-business owner, or a college student. Each ballot represents those daily lives.

Public Statement

The League of Women Voters and partners submitted an amicus brief to the US Supreme Court, which urges the Justices to uphold party coordinated spending limits.

Public Statement

The League of Women Voters, partners, and individuals filed a class action lawsuit today challenging the Trump-Vance administration’s unlawful creation of massive government databases consolidating sensitive and legally protected personal information on millions of people in America to unlawfully open investigations and purge voter rolls. 

No Kings rally
Event Date: 
10/18/2025 - 12:00pm
Event location: 

Fort Stanwix

No Kings rally
Event Date: 
10/18/2025 - 12:00pm
Event location: 

Alexander Pirnie Federal Building

Public Statement

The League of Women Voters of the United States condemns the recent threats made against Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), which forced campuses into lockdown and spread fear among students, faculty, and staff.

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Learn more about the League by joining and volunteering.
- Voter Services
- Observer Corps
- Vote411
- Membership
- Program
- Website/Social Media

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Short videos that our members made that will assist new or interested citizens in navigating the voting process, from obtaining a registration form, early voting and including voting absentee. 

On May 4, 2021 the governor signed legislation that allows anyone on parole to vote in all elections. The final video is addressed to all parolees.

LWV is an organization fully committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in principle and in practice. There shall be no barriers to full participation in this organization on any basis.