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First, the PowHer NY Coalition, of which LWVNYS is a member, is launching their regular pre-election voter education webinar series, PowHer the Vote.

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The November 3rd mid-term elections are six weeks away and the League of Women Voters wants citizens to be ready to make their voices heard in the voting booth. The first thing Otsego County voters may notice is that the ballot is long!

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Voting rights organizations today supplemented the complaint in their lawsuit challenging President Trump’s executive order restricting mail voting to add claims against the US Postal Service’s (USPS) newly-finalized mail ballot rule. The groups simultaneously asked a federal court to immediately block USPS from implementing that rule for the November midterm elections.

The plaintiffs in this case, League of Women Voters of Massachusetts v. Trump, are the League of Women Voters, League of Women Voters of Massachusetts, Association of Americans Resident Overseas, US Vote Foundation, OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. They are represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Massachusetts, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, Legal Defense Fund, Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC, and LatinoJustice PRLDEF.

Updated Poster Challenge
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A project conceived last fall by Gretchen Sorin of the Youth Services Committee has come to fruition with the help of generous gifts and grants.

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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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Lawsuit Challenges DHS’s Unlawful Effort to Build a Nationwide Voter Database Containing Sensitive Personal Information from at Least 47 States

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The League of Women Voters shares five essential early voting tips for the 2026 midterm elections, helping voters check registration, find voting options, and make a plan to vote before November 3.

 

 

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A federal court permanently blocked a USCIS rule restricting voter registration at naturalization ceremonies, protecting the League of Women Voters’ work helping new US citizens register to vote.

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In even-numbered years between presidential elections, Americans have the chance to make their voice heard in the midterm elections. Every single member of the House of Representatives is on the ballot during the midterm elections, along with one-third of the senators. On top of these federal offices, tens of thousands of statewide, state legislative, and local offices and ballot measures are up for election