CONVENTION KIT

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF NEW YORK STATE

59th Biennial Convention

June 7-12, 2021 Virtual Convention

“Striving to Create a Stronger, More Inclusive Democracy” PRE CONVENTION KIT LWVNYS Convention, June 2021 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Conference Agenda ...... 3 Featured Speaker ...... 4 Training Speaker ...... 5 Workshops and Information Sessions ...... 6 Plenary Session Agenda ...... 9 Proposed Convention Rules ...... 11 Parliamentary Procedure at a Glance ...... 14 ANNUAL REPORTS President ...... 16 Overview of Voter Services……………………………………………………………………...17 Vote 411…………………………………………………………………………………………19 Overview of Issues & Advocacy………………………………………………………………..19 Redistricting……………………………………………………………………………..….22 Issue Specialists Financing Education ...... 23 Women’s Issues ...... 25 Medical Aid in Dying ...... 25 Committee to Update Healthcare Positions………………………………..……..25 Committee on Energy, Agriculture and the Environment ...... 26 Local League Membership Numbers 2011-2021 ...... 29 Youth Programs………………………………………………………………………………….. 31 Students Inside Albany Conferences……………………...... 31 LWVNYS Financial Report ...... 33 LWVNYS EF Financial Report ...... 34 What the State League Does to Support the Local Leagues.....…………………….35 DELEGATES (as of June 3, 2021) ...... 36 LWVNYS STAFF ...... 38

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CONFERENCE AGENDA

Monday, June 7 5:30-7:30 pm DEI training: Shay Stewart-Bouley Beginning Our Journey Toward a More Equitable and Inclusive Organization

Tuesday, June 8-Thursday, June 10, 5:30-7:00 pm Workshops and Caucuses (see list on pages 6-8) 7:30-9:00 pm Workshops and Caucuses (see list on pages 6-8)

Friday, June 11 5:30 pm Opening Plenary Session 6:00 pm Speaker: Dr. Deborah Turner, LWVUS President 6:30-9:00 pm Plenary Session (continues)

Saturday, June 8 9:30 – 10:30 Workshops and Caucuses 10:45 -11:45 Workshops and Caucuses 1:00 - 5:00 Plenary Session

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FEATURED SPEAKER Friday, June 11, 6:00 pm

Dr. Deborah Turner LWVUS President

Deborah Turner, MD, JD, serves as the 20th president of the League of Women Voters of the United States (LWVUS) and chair of the Board of Trustees of the League of Women Voters Education Fund (LWVEF). She was elected board president at the 54th National Convention of the League of Women Voters in June of 2020 and will serve in this position until June 2022.

Dr. Turner joined Des Moines Metropolitan League in 2010 and became president in 2011 when the League was at risk of disbanding. She served in that role until 2015 helping revitalize membership and focus the board leadership. At the same time, she also served on the LWV Iowa board as the state vice president from 2011 to 2015, becoming co-president in 2015. In her dual roles with state and local Leagues, Deborah has provided leadership to strengthen relationships between local Leagues and the state Board.

Turner was elected to the League’s national board of directors in 2016 where she served on the Finance committee, Governance Committee, and chaired the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee. As chair of the DEI Committee, Deborah and her colleagues focused on organizational culture changes to the League’s mission work, emphasizing not only racial equity but also intergenerational dynamics, socioeconomic differences, gender identity, and interpersonal engagement.

Dr. Turner received her BS from Iowa State University and her MD from University of Iowa where she completed her Residency in OB-Gyn. She completed her fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Institute in Houston Texas. She practiced gynecologic oncology for 35 years, enhancing university programs at the University of Nebraska, University of Iowa, and the Medical College of Wisconsin teaching residents and students. She also served the private sector bringing her specialty to Genesis Medical Center in Davenport, IA, Mercy Cancer Center in Mason City, IA, and Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. In July 2015 she left active practice to become Vice President of International Programs Medical Programs of The Outreach Program. She participated in twelve medical missions to Tanzania since 2011 and worked with Singida’s Medical Center, Outreach’s Children’s Feeding Centers, and Rotary International. She received her JD from Drake University in 2007. She has served as Associate Medical Director of Planned Parenthood of North Central States since 2016.

Turner was inducted into the Iowa Women’s Hall of Fame in 2013 and received the Gertrude Rush Award from the National Bar Association in 2015. She was awarded the Louise Noun Visionary Women of the year award from Young Women’s Resource Center Des Moines in 2018. Her most treasured award is a certificate from the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Care. She lives in Nebraska and has two grown children – a son and a niece.

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TRAINING SPEAKER Monday, June 7, 5:30pm – 7:30pm

Shay Stewart-Bouley Beginning Our Journey Toward a More Equitable and Inclusive Organization

Welcomes by: Toni Zimmer, LWVUS DEI Committee Chair Suzanne Stassevitch, LWVNYS President Regina Tillman, LWVNYS 3rd Vice President for DEI & LWVNYS DEI Task Force Chair

Would you like your League to: • Ensure it will serve the community at large? • Build lasting multicultural relationships and partnerships? • Embrace social justice work and equity practices? • Shift its culture to that of being more welcoming of diversity - in all forms?

If yes, join us this evening to hear from our guest speaker, Ms. Stewart-Bouley, and to engage in breakout room conversations on possible next steps as the LWVNYS DEI Task Force starts development of a state-wide Organizational Equity Plan. Ms. Stewart-Bouley, also known by her blog name of Black Girl in Maine (BGIM), is Chicago-born, Chicago-raised, having relocated to Maine in 2002. She is a graduate of both DePaul University and Antioch University New England, with a M.A.Ed. degree. She is the Executive Director of Community Change, Inc., a 52-year-old civil rights organization in Boston, MA, that has been educating and organizing for racial equality since 1968. She has written for numerous national and Maine publications - in 2011, winning a New England Press Association Award for writing on diversity issues. In 2016, Ms. Stewart-Bouley gave a TEDx talked entitled “Inequity, Injustice… Infection”, and is currently a frequent presentation collaborator with Deb Irving, author of the best seller, “Waking Up White”. [Those attendees who complete the post workshop survey (poll) before departing the session, will be entered into a giveaway for a chance at receiving a free copy of this book to help in the personal pursuit of inclusion and equity work.]

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WORKSHOPS AND INFORMATION SESSIONS

DATE Title DESCRIPTIONS MONDAY,JUNE 7 5:30-7:30 DEI "Beginning Our Journey Toward a More Equitable and Inclusive Organization" Speaker: Shay Stewart-Bouley

TUESDAY, JUNE 8 5:30 - 7:00 pm GOTV: Building Effective Discuss methods of evaluating your Get Out the Vote Programs programs to increase voter turn-out and hear from others about their successes. 5:30 - 7:00 pm PPFM: Redistricting in NYS Learn how you can join the efforts to ensure your community has fair maps for your election districts.

5:30-7:00 pm Media: Fact or Fake Learn about media literacy and how to become an educated media consumer. This program focuses on how personal bias interacts with media bias and the need to think critically in assessing the truth of information. Specific information will be provided on how to spot fake news and ways to fact check it.

7:30 - 9:00 pm Concurrence: Criminal Learn about the proposed concurrence, to be voted on Justice at plenary session, recommended by the state Board. The Delegates will be asked to concur with the LWV of CA position on Criminal Justice.

7:30 - 9:00 pm Nonpartisanship Grace Chimene, President LWV Texas, will walk you through how to effectively message your outrage or support for political actions and policy debates without getting bogged down in the partisan debates. She gets lots of practice! Learn how to craft powerful responses with League values in challenging circumstances

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9

5:30 - 7:00 pm Social Media and Websites How to be more visible using social media and for Local Leagues websites 5:30 - 7:00 pm 2020 Elections: Lessons Discuss and evaluate the administration of the Learned and Moving 2020 Elections and plans to study the issue Forward moving forward.

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7:30 - 9:00 pm Virtual and Hybrid Hear how the several local Leagues successfully Candidate Events organized a virtual candidate event - what worked and didn't work. Discuss how to combine in-person and virtual events into a new hybrid approach.

7:30 - 9:00 pm Healthcare Through a DEI Discuss our healthcare system with a focus on the Lens racial disparities and lack of services for vulnerable populations, with a discussion on kinds of solutions that could ameliorate some/much/a little of it.

THURSDAY, JUNE 10 5:30 - 7:00 pm Rural Places Matter: the Did you know that the NYS senate classifies LWV and the Other New 86.6% of New York’s land mass as “rural’? York Wherever you live in the state, join members of the NYS Caucus of Rural Leagues to learn about the problems facing rural areas, and how Leagues can work to address them. 5:30 - 7:00 pm Modernization of Election Expert speakers from the Brennan Center for Justice, Systems Rice University, and Voting Works will discuss recent election equipment and voting system enhancements and possible positive and negative outcomes from these modernizations.

7:30 - 9:00 pm Carbon’s Big Foot and You Take on climate change by incorporating solutions at home and inspiring collaborative solutions in your community. 7:30 - 9:00 pm NYYCI: Engaging Youth Explore NYYCI, a program started by LWV of NYC and expanding across NYS which is dedicated to connecting young people to opportunities for sustained civic engagement, through our website, social media, and newsletter.

7:30 - 9:00 pm Stand Up, Speak Out:The Hear about this series which follows the fight for equal Personal Politics of rights for women throughout history, and includes Women’s Rights interviews with women of multiple generations, sharing their stories. Through this docuseries, the voices of women from different backgrounds in the current political conversations around women’s rights are amplified, with talk about the change we would like to see for a safer and more equitable world.

SATURDAY, JUNE 12 9:30 - 10:30 am Budget Ask questions about the LWV 2021-2022 Proposed Budget. Page | 7

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9:30 - 10:30 am Meet the Nominating Slate Meet the candidates for the 2021-2023 LWVNYS Board 10:45 - 11:45 am Program Planning Discuss the two recommended items to be voted on for program planning and why other items were not recommended. 10:45 - 11:45 am Bylaws Ask questions about the Proposed Bylaw amendments to the LWV Bylaws. 10:45 - 11:45 am Climate Change Emergency Hear about the Climate Change Resolution adopted Resolution by 7 state Leagues. These decisions have the goal of advocating for government (local and state) policies to stabilize the climate by returning atmospheric CO2 levels to below 350 ppm by 2100

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PLENARY SESSION AGENDA Plenary Session I Friday, June 11th, 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm

5:30 pm Call to Order Suzanne Stassevitch, LWVNYS President

5:35 Welcoming Remarks by Suzanne

5:40 Introductions: State Board Staff (Laura Ladd Bierman, Jennifer Wilson, Lisa Allendorph, Josey Twombly, Keri Kramer) Parliamentarian: Susan Wilson (LWV of Hamptons, Shelter Island & North Fork) Elections Committee Chair: Liane Hirabayashi (LWV of Cooperstown) Minutes Review: Pattie Garrett (LWV of Saratoga), Suzanne Kavic (LWV of New Castle), Jennifer Mebes Flagg (LWV of New Castle) Resolutions/Action Motions Committee: Michele Lamberti (LWV of Port Washington/Manhasset), Chair Kate Doran (LWVNYS Bd and LWV of NYC), Mary Croxton (LWV of Chautauqua) Credentials Chair: Nancy Agen (LWV of Utica/Rome)

5:45 Report of the Credentials Chair Nancy Agen (LWV of Utica/Rome)

5:50 Adoption of Rules of Convention

5:55 Adoption of the Order of Business

6:00 Key Speaker: Dr. Deborah Turner, LWVUS President

6:35 Presentation of Proposed Bylaws Amendments: Sheila Bernson (LWVNYS Board)

6:55 Report of the Nominating Committee: Kate Jankowski, Nominating Committee Chair • Nominations from floor

7:10 Presentation of Proposed Recommended Program Sally Robinson, LWVNYS VP for Issues and Advocacy

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Sally Robinson, LWVNYS VP for Issues and Advocacy

7:30 Financial Report: Laura Ladd Bierman, LWVNYS Executive Director

7:40 Presentation of Proposed Budget: Laura Ladd Bierman, LWVNYS Executive Director

Plenary Session II Saturday, June 12th, 1:00 pm -5:00 pm

1:00 pm Report of the Credentials Chair Nancy Agen

1:05 Program discussion and Adoption:

• Current Positions • Proposed One-Year Study on Election Administration • Proposed Concurrence with LWV of CA Position on Criminal Justice • Proposed non-recommended items

1:45 Consideration of Resolutions and Action Motions

2:15 Vote on Bylaws Amendments

2:25 Vote on PMP

2:35 Vote on Proposed Budget

3:00 Election of Officers and Directors

3:15 Membership Awards: Suzanne Stassevitch

3:30 Directions to the Board

3:50 Remarks by Incoming President: Judie Gorenstein

4:00

ADJOURNMENT

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PROPOSED CONVENTION RULES The rules customarily used by LWVNYS have been adapted to the virtual meeting format. These rules will be presented for adoption at the opening plenary. Amendments may be offered at this time and require a majority vote to adopt. The rules, as proposed or amended, require a two-thirds vote for adoption. To suspend a rule at a later time requires a two-thirds vote.

1) Admissions: a) Only accredited delegates representing local Leagues, ILOs, MALS and members of the LWVNYS Board who have been admitted to the plenary may make motions and be allowed to vote. b) Non-voting members and guests will be invited to observe the plenary proceeding through a streaming platform. 2) Delegates: a) Accredited delegates shall sign into the webinar software to access all controls needed for debate and voting and maintain internet access throughout the plenary when present; delegates must sign out upon any departure prior to adjournment. b) Alternates shall vote only when taking the place of a regular delegate and admitted to the plenary after emailing [email protected]. Alternates shall sign into the webinar software to access all controls needed for debate and voting and maintain internet access throughout the plenary when present. c) Only delegates and members of the state board who have been assigned credentials by the credentials chair may make motions and vote 3) Virtual Attendance: Each member is responsible for their connection to the internet. The loss of, or poor quality of, a member’s individual connection preventing participation in the plenary shall not impact the consideration of an issue or outcome of an action. 4) A Credentials report shall be given by the credentials chair at the beginning of each session. The report shall include the number of delegates and alternates. The credentials report shall be updated as requested by the presiding officer of the Convention or upon motion of the Convention. 5) Privileges of the Floor: Only delegates and those authorized by the chair may address the Convention. a) Microphones shall remain on mute unless a member is recognized to speak. The chair may cause or direct the muting or disconnection of a member’s connection if it is causing undue interference with the plenary. b) Delegates must be recognized by the chair before speaking. Each speaker shall announce name, local League when addressing the Convention. Instructions on how to participate in the proceedings will be provided in the Virtual Platform Guide. 6) Debate and Discussion: In debate, no person shall speak more than once until all others who wish to speak have done so; no person shall speak more than twice on the same motion; debate shall be limited to one minute per speaker. The chair will announce the total time allocated to each main motion and associated discussion. 7) Quorum: The presence of a quorum shall be established by the online list of participating voting members. In the event of major technical disruption in the plenary that affects quorum, the chair will have the option to recess, or to fix the time to which to adjourn, for members to again login to reconvene the plenary. 8) Voting:

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a) Raise Hand: This will be used when the Chair seeks a vote or unanimous consent. Instructions on how to raise your hand in Zoom can be found in our Virtual Platform Guide. Raise hand votes are tallied votes. b) Answering a Poll Question – This may be used to vote on motions if a secret ballot is requested. c) Proxy voting is permitted as outlined in the bylaws. When a vote is in process, no one may enter or re-enter the Zoom session. 9) Motions: A member intending to make a main motion or offer an amendment shall submit it in writing via the method provided by LWVNYS. 10) Introduction of Proposed Program: The proposed LWVNYS Program shall be moved for adoption by a member of the LWVNYS Board. Debate and action on the Proposed Program shall take place during the 2nd plenary session at a time designated by the Chair. During the times specified in the agenda for Program consideration and Program debate, the chair will divide the time equally among the program items that have been granted consideration. 11) Consideration of Non-Recommended Program Items: Any delegate may move for consideration of non-recommended Program items at the first plenary session immediately following the introduction of the Proposed Program. Presentations shall be limited to five minutes. No additional motions or debate are in order at this time. If a non-recommended item is moved for consideration, any delegate may request a statement from the LWVNYS Board, limited to five minutes, giving the reasons for not recommending the item. a) After all non-recommended items have been moved for consideration, a vote for consideration of each shall take place in the order in which the items were moved for consideration. No additional motions or debate are in order at this time. A majority vote is required to consider a non- recommended item. b) Debate and action on non-recommended Program items shall take place at the same plenary as debate and action on the proposed Program as designated by the Chair. 12) Adoption of Program: shall take place at the second plenary session. a) Action on the proposed Program, concurrence proposals, and any non- recommended program items voted for consideration by the delegates and moved for adoption shall take place at a time designated by the chair. Proposals for concurrence are debatable but not amendable. b) A majority vote is required to adopt the proposed Program. c) A 3/5 vote is required for adoption of non-recommended items. d) Amendments to wording for editorial purposes, clarification, or emphasis may be made at this point but may not change the scope or meaning of the item. 13) Resolutions: Resolutions express the will of the Convention body during the time of its convening. The following criteria will be used by the Resolutions/Action Motions Committee to judge the appropriateness of proposed resolutions. a) Resolutions may be offered by any League at least four weeks before the Convention. b) The resolution must be consistent with LWVNYS Bylaws, principles, and positions and may not circumvent the program planning process. c) They must address a single, topical issue and be likely to have an impact on that issue. d) It should also require time-sensitive state governmental action consistent with the current stated LWVNYS priorities and e) It can be implemented using existing League resources. f) The League offering the resolution shall send notice of the proposed resolution and its text to all local Leagues and to the LWVNYS Board. The League supporting the proposed resolution must: i) provide the LWVNYS position on which the resolution is based, ii) background information on the issue,

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iii) the rationale, including the pros and cons for the resolution, iv) evidence that the issue is a current legislative priority and v) evidence that the issue is time-sensitive and requires state governmental action. vi) The League offering the resolution shall have delegate(s) participating in Convention. g) During the times specified in the agenda for resolution consideration, the chair will divide the time equally among the resolutions moved for adoption. h) Adoption of a resolution requires a majority vote.

14) Action Motions -An action motion is a means for the delegate body to speak in concert on a matter of importance to the organization. It proposes action on a legislative or administrative matter at the state level and directs the League to take a specific action (e.g., sending a letter to the Governor). Action motions shall be referred to and considered by the Resolutions/Action Motions Committee appointed by the Chair before the first plenary session of the Convention. a) Action motions must be completed and submitted by 5:00 pm on Friday. Action Motions must be emailed to [email protected]. b) To be recommended by the committee, the action motion must: i. be consistent with League positions and ii. must not conflict with ongoing advocacy work. iii. The committee may also consider whether the action will help further an adopted League priority and iv. whether the proposed action is likely to have a measurable impact on the outcome of the matter. c) Action motions recommended by the Resolutions/Actions Motions Committee require a majority vote for adoption. 15) The Resolutions/Action Motions Committee and Process: At least four weeks before the Convention, the LWVNYS President shall have appointed a Resolutions/Action Motion Committee consisting of one member of the LWVNYS Board of Directors and two registered Convention delegates. a) The Resolutions/Action Motions Committee shall meet remotely on Saturday morning to consider whether each submitted resolution and action motion meets the criteria, timing, and process requirements. The time and method for joining the meeting will be announced with the Convention schedule. A representative of the League submitting a resolution or action motion shall have an opportunity to explain the resolution/action motion to the Resolutions/Action Motions Committee if the representative so requests. b) The Chair of the Resolutions/Action Motions Committee will announce the recommendations of the Committee to the Convention during the 2nd plenary session. Any resolution or action motion reported affirmatively to have met the criteria for resolutions or action motions by the Resolutions/Action Motion Committee may be moved for consideration of the Convention. 16) Nominations: Any candidate who is nominated from the floor shall give consent and be allowed to address the delegates for one minute immediately after their name is placed in nomination. 17) Elections - The credentials committee shall present a final report to the Convention or the election committee before the election procedure begins. 18) Rules - After adoption, these rules may be amended or suspended by a two-thirds vote. Roberts Rules of Order, Newly Revised, will govern all matters not covered in the rules or in the bylaws. 19) Minutes- The minutes of the LWVNYS Convention shall be approved by the LWVNYS board of directors, at their next meeting upon recommendation of a committee appointed to review and correct the minutes.

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PRESIDENT’S REPORT Suzanne Stassevitch, President

Change is the byword for our last biennium. We had a trial run of changes made in elections laws in 2019, especially early voting, in some municipal elections in November. While we were in high gear to GOTV in 62 New York counties for early voting for the April 2020 primaries and the November general election the unimaginable struck and we were in the middle of a catastrophic worldwide pandemic. Covid 19 upset the health and welfare of all the people and economies of the world. The pandemic wrought changes in the way we went through our daily lives upstate and down, no corner of the state untouched by Covid 19. We changed the way we communicate with each other and how we reach out to voters and our communities. Virtual communication, through multiple platforms became our lifeline to our families, our communities and the voters we were trying to reach to engage and educate and fulfill the mission of the League of Women Voters, to Empower Voters and Defend Democracy. We adapted.

More changes, the April presidential primary is moved to June, executive action changes some election procedures and access to voting to help people gain access and be safe from the virus while still participating in the election. November, more changes, more fears of Covid, and the League joins many others reminding people to plan to vote. Empowering Voters. We adapted.

Changes, more changes and we met them, together, in New York state. Board members had regular conversations with local Leagues, local League leaders had regular virtual chats with members, Leagues in rural communities formed a caucus, League leaders had regular calls across the state sharing information and strategies to get the job done. Plans and more plans, adapting plans to give voters the information they needed to plan to vote, safely, in this important election cycle. We adapted.

Changes, for Leagues across the state who joined others in their communities to make sure we completed the count for the 2020 Census even when we couldn’t get out into neighborhoods. And now, across the state working together with multitudes of community organizations, Leagues are using their power and persistence to help make sure we end up with fair, people powered maps from the 2021 redistricting process. Defending Democracy. We adapted.

Changing how we talk about voting when it becomes a partisan issue, countering mis-information and disinformation. The Leagues’ non-partisanship policy, a policy that helps shape who we are and how we do our work, was constantly put on the spot. We had to pivot, to really stay on top of messaging to counter misinformation and disinformation before, during and after the general election. And the ongoing lies about the legitimacy of our elections remains a messaging challenge for the League. I am grateful that the national League is taking a lead and reaching out to Leagues across the country to address difficult messaging to meet concerted and vile attempts to delegitimize our election process. Defending Democracy. We persisted.

Fostering change in the LWVNY we adopted a DEI policy and began the journey to assess and create a plan of action. With members from across the state we created a DEI task force to do the hard work to build Leagues that are diverse and inclusive and demand equity in the policies that we champion and support. Defending Democracy. We change.

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I never imagined our democracy could be as threatened as it is now with such a fractured political playing field. The insurrection on January 6, 2021, at the Capital continues to reverberate for me as the starkest possible reminder that the work we do, the work most of us in the League volunteer to do, to engage people in their government, to vote, is more important than ever. Going forward the increased work we are planning for outreach and education of our youth will be critical. The gift you give your community volunteering to do the hard work required to promote and protect our right to vote is immeasurable.

I thank you all for your commitment and persistence during the last 2 very challenging years. Together we will continue to Empower all Voters and Defend our Democracy.

VOTER SERVICES REPORT Judie Gorenstein, Vice President for Voter Services Voter Services Committee: Sheila Miller Bernson, Jane Colvin, Kate Doran, Nancy Rosenthal, Suzanne Stassevitch

During the past year, the LWVNYS Voter Service Committee remained committed to overcome any challenges we faced and work together with local Leagues, MALS and ILOS to fulfill our mission of registering voters, educating voters and GOTV especially in low voter turn-out communities. We were in the midst of a pandemic. In the summer and fall of 2020, we were faced with the challenge of helping our Leagues to not only register voters, but to educate them, hold candidate events, and GOTV at a time when New Yorkers were mainly staying at home, needing to social distance when they did go out, and learning of new changes in Election Laws and voting procedures. All this was occurring at the time of an historic presidential election. Although we had thought that in 2020 we would be able to focus on GOTV, since our Leagues were experienced in registering and educating voters and holding candidate events (we had completed toolkits for registering voters and candidate events the year before), the pandemic made it necessary for Leagues to do things differently. The usual ways of registering voters and holding candidate events were no longer possible. Fortunately, a LWVNYS Voter Service Committee had been put in place the year before. Members of the committee were assigned as liaisons to all the local Leagues and had contact on a regular basis. Zoom meetings were scheduled and held where all voter service chairs and presidents were encouraged to attend which allowed a greater than ever ability to share ideas and highlight successes. Three separate zoom meetings were held and 3 toolkits were completed: Voter Registration in the Time of Social Distancing, Virtual Candidate Events, and GOTV in the Time of Social Distancing. All contained templates and ideas contributed by local Leagues, MALS and ILOs.

Were Leagues able to accomplish their mission? The answer was a resounding yes. In fact, Leagues surpassed our expectations. Forty Leagues responded to our November 2020 Voter Service Survey. They were able to register, educate and GOTV in the midst of a pandemic.

The pandemic did NOT prevent Leagues from reaching out to underserved communities. Training people from other groups was even more important than ever before as our members could not go into the communities and be at events. 15 Leagues provided virtual training to many underserved communities by networking with various organizations. They used creative ways to engage voters. In fact, 14 Leagues made their own videos.

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The pandemic did NOT prevent Leagues from holding candidate events. 20 Leagues organized a total of 44 virtual candidate forums, mostly using a zoom webinar platform, recording it and then having it posted. The extraordinary takeaway from the virtual forums was the number of people who watched, far exceeding the number of people who ever attended an in-person candidate event.

The pandemic did NOT prevent Leagues from working with their County Boards of Elections. Leagues had been encouraged by LWVNYS to reach out and have contact with their BOEs and in fact only 2 Leagues did not have contact.

The pandemic did NOT prevent voters from contacting their local Leagues. The pandemic and changes to absentee ballots caused confusion and uncertainty. Voters had questions as to how, when and where they voted. When voters were uncertain, they trusted their local Leagues who all together fielded more than 3,000 questions. In addition, Leagues used their websites and social media sites to keep voters informed of deadlines and changes.

The pandemic did NOT hinder our Leagues from GOTV. In fact, all Leagues (unlike in the past) reported making efforts to GOTV, although only 4 reported being able to measure the results of their efforts. Leagues indicated that they found the toolkits and zoom meetings helpful. However, they needed more guidance in gathering data and finding out if indeed their efforts made an impact on voter turn-out.

This then is one of the challenges for 2021. How can Leagues gather and evaluate data to know if all their efforts are making an impact on GOTV particularly in communities where turn-out has been the lowest? Which populations and communities should they focus on? What are the best ways to engage people in those areas? When will they use social media and virtual formats and when will they hold in person? What are the benefits of each? How will they continue to build on the relationships with organizations with whom they networked last year? What data do they want to collect and how they can collect it? What is the baseline they will use to see if they have made an impact?

A second challenge is that this year is local elections, when voter turnout is usually extremely low. Although it now appears that COVID is under control and things may be getting back to normal, allowing for Leagues to hold in-person events and activities as they had before the pandemic, we cannot be certain of this. We also know that the tools and networking we did in 2020 allowed us to reach greater numbers of people. When should Leagues use social media and virtual formats rather than or combined with in-person event? How can Leagues continue to build on the relationships with organizations and groups they developed last year?

In January this year, the LWVNYS Voter Service Committee realized that early planning would be crucial and LWVNYS voter service resource materials had to reflect current needs of our Leagues. We replaced Road to the Voting Booth with three new toolkits: • A Toolkit for Voter Registration Drives: How to Organize a Successful Voter Registration Drive • A Toolkit for Candidate Events: How to Hold a Successful Candidate Event • A Toolkit for GOTV: How to Successfully Get Out the Vote

These toolkits were emailed to all local Leagues and were also posted on the LWVNYS website. They should help Leagues plan for all their VS activities. They provide the information to help reach out to those communities and groups where there has been low voter turnout and also gather useful data that

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On April 15, LWVNYS Voter Services Committee held a zoom meeting for all voter service chairs and other interested members to highlight some of the Leagues who reached out to those underserved communities: ie, low turnout areas, communities where English is the second language, youth, and people with disabilities. This meeting was a huge success. The presentations were excellent and included how the Leagues were looking at data. The 80+ attendees had an opportunity to hear and learn from each other. At this year’s convention the Voter Service Committee is hosting two different workshops, another opportunity for members to hear what other Leagues are doing and have their questions answered.

Yes, 2021 will be another challenging year for voter services, but as in the past, we are certain we can and will meet the challenges. Together we can do so much. Our democracy works best when everyone participates!

VOTE 411 Jennifer Wilson, Deputy Director

Our 2020 guide provided candidate information for all candidates running for President, Congress, State Supreme Court, State Senate, State Assembly, and many local races. Unlike prior election statewide years, the State League covered all Congressional, State Senate and Assembly races for Vote411 for the November election. We have uploaded and invited 483 candidates to participate in the guide. In total we had 248,722 visitors for NYS from January to November. We were one of the top 5 states in terms of Vote411 visitors.

2021 is a local election year and Leagues across the state are already preparing for the June primary. The state League will also be posting several ballot referendums that all New York State voters will have the opportunity to vote on.

ISSUES AND ADVOCACY Sally Robinson, Vice President for Issues and Advocacy Jennifer Wilson, Legislative Director

Voting and Elections Funding for New Election Expansions The League advocated for greater funding for early voting and for new funding for expansions to absentee voting following the COVID-19 pandemic. The League testified before the Joint Budget Committees on Public Protection in 2020 and 2021 and encouraged our members to hold meetings with their Assembly Members and Senators advocating for these funds. Together with our voting coalition partners, the League successfully secured $2 million for early voting expansions; $5 million for the State Board of Elections to implement new election programs; and $20 million for county board of elections to reimburse the cost of technology and equipment upgrades. Page | 19

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Early Voting The League advocated for both funding for early voting and amendments to the new process including expanding access to early voting poll sites. The League supported a new law to mandate county boards of election to have at least one early voting poll site in the county's largest municipality. The bill also increases the maximum mandated cap on early voting poll sites from 7 to 10. The legislation was passed in July of 2020.

25-Day Registration Deadline Lawsuit The League is continuing to work on a lawsuit the reduce the 25-day voter registration deadline to the state constitutionally mandated 10-day deadline. This lawsuit has been ongoing since before the first passage of the constitutional amendment to allow for same day voter registration. Although a constitutional amendment to allow for same day registration has been passed by two successively elected legislatures, it must be approved by voters in November 2021 before the State Constitution can be amended and implementing legislation needs to be passed. The League will continue to work on this important lawsuit and we still hope to have a positive settlement in time for the next election.

Absentee Ballot Disqualification Lawsuit Settlement In 2020 the New York State League successfully settled a lawsuit to allow voters to address and correct issues with their absentee ballots. Under the League's settlement, voters will no longer have their ballot invalidated if they complete their ballot in non-black or blue ink, mark outside the designated areas, or seal the inner ballot envelope, also called an affirmation envelope, with tape or other sealing agent. Voters also now have the opportunity to correct issues with their affirmation signature and witness declaration including: • if the affirmation envelope is unsigned; • if the affirmation ballot envelope signature does not match the voter's registration signature; • if the affirmation envelope does not have the required witness signature for voters who had assistance completing their ballot; • if the ballot is returned without an affirmation envelope in the return envelope; • if the affirmation envelope is signed by the person that has provided assistance to the voter but is not signed or marked by the voter him/herself; or • if the voter has failed to sign the affirmation envelope and someone else has signed the affirmation. The settlement specifies that the Board must contact voters by phone, email or mail. Voters can resolve any issues raised by the Board by returning a cure affirmation form and providing their name, date of birth, and voter registration address to affirm their identity. These new changes are above and beyond what was passed by the legislature in the summer of 2020. With these additional protections, voters will not have to worry about their ballots being invalidated for small errors and will have the opportunity to ensure their ballot will not be rejected if there are issues with their signature.

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• S.8015D (Biaggi)/A.10833 (Dinowitz) Allow any voter to use "temporary illness" to request their absentee ballot (applies from 2020 - 2022) • S.8370B (Myrie)/A.10830 (Lavine) Allows voters to address issues with their absentee ballots so that their vote can be counted • S.8783A (Myrie)/A.10807 (Taylor) Allows Boards of Elections to accept absentee ballot requests more than 30 days before an election • S.8799A (Gianaris)/A.10808A (Bichotte) Allows Boards of Elections to accept ballots received within the deadline even if they do not have a legible postmark

Automatic Voter Registration In addition to specific legislation to expand absentee voting during the pandemic, the League also supported legislation to enact automatic voter registration in New York State. In July the legislature passed a reform to allow for automatic voter registration whenever an eligible New Yorker interacts with the DMV, New York City Housing Authority, Department of Justice, Office of Temporary Disability Assistance, Department of Labor, vocational and educational services for individuals with disabilities, county and city departments of social services, and any other agency designated by the Governor. This legislation will be fully implemented in 2023.

Restoration of Voting Rights for People on Parole In 2021 the Legislature passed a law to allow any person on parole to have their right to vote restored automatically upon release from incarceration. The law states that all individuals will be notified both verbally and in writing that their voting rights will be restored, and that the person will be provided a voter registration form and assistance in filling it out, along with voter education materials by the Board of Elections. Either the person registering or the Department of Corrections will transmit the completed registration application to the local board of the individual's residence. The League was supportive of this measure and worked collaboratively with the Let NY Vote coalition in helping to get it passed.

Redistricting In July of 2020 and January of 2021, the Senate and Assembly passed a constitutional amendment to change New York State’s new redistricting process put in place since the last redistricting process. This new amendment effectively cuts off all minority party influence on the redistricting process and undermines the role of the Commission. The League opposed this amendment because it would disempower minority party appointees to the Redistricting Commission and limit the input of minority party legislators by changing the voting structure of the Commission and Legislature when voting to approve maps. Under the new amendment, if both the Senate and Assembly are controlled by one party, there is no longer a requirement of two thirds vote of support. Additionally, the amendment repeals the requirement for a Commission's redistricting plan to be approved by at least one Commission member appointed by each of the legislative leaders, including the two minority leaders. Lastly, it takes away the voting rights of minority party-appointed Commission members in appointing the two co-executive directors of the Commission

The League opposed first passage of this amendment in August of 2020 not only because it would strip away any input from the minority party, but also because it would change the untested process before it even has the chance to function. This is the first time the 2014 amendment establishing the commission will be put into effect for a redistricting cycle. The amendment must be approved by the voters in the general election before the amendment will be added to our state constitution

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In addition to policy advocacy, the League advocated for funding for the new Redistricting Commission. The League partnered with 30 stakeholder organizations to call on the Legislature and Governor to provide fair, independent funding to New York’s first ever Independent Redistricting Commission. After several months of writing letters, testifying at budget hearings, and having meetings with Legislators and staff, the League successfully secured $4 million for the Redistricting Commission to conduct its work.

Healthcare Safe Staffing After many years of advocacy, in 2021 the Legislature passed two safe staffing bills for nursing homes and hospitals to ensure both patients and healthcare workers are protected requiring them to meet minimum staffing levels of nurses and other health care staff.

Under the new laws, the state health commissioner will establish minimum staffing levels for nursing homes and will impose civil penalties if the homes fail to meet the minimum standards. Each resident would receive an average of 3.5 hours of care a day, with at least one hour from registered or licensed practical nurses and two hours from certified nursing assistants.

The new legislation also sets up clinical staffing committees in hospitals to determine staffing guidelines and decide the proper ratio between patients and staff. The panels would include hospital administrators as well as registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and other staff members who provide direct patient care.

The League has been supportive of this legislation since 2016 and we are pleased it has finally passed.

Environmental Conservation Clean Air and Water Amendment In 2020 and 2021 The League supported a constitutional amendment that would add a right to clean water, clean air, and a healthful environment to the New York Constitution's Bill of Rights. The measure passed in both houses and will now be a ballot referendum in November.

REDISTRICTING REPORT Jennifer Wilson, Deputy Director

In 2020 the League launched our People Powered Fair Maps (PPFM) campaign to ensure fair maps are drafted for the 2021-2022 redistricting cycle. PPFM is a national redistricting program of the League of Women Voters that focuses on creating fair political maps in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The New York State League is working to engage the public in community mapping, and encourage our members to work with diverse stakeholder organizations on congressional, state, and local mapping.

In 2021 we engaged all of our 46 local Leagues from across the state by asking League leaders to select "redistricting delegates". We then individually met with the delegates of each local League to talk about what they might want to do to participate in the PPFM campaign. We identified stakeholders in each of the local League's communities and created a stakeholder list for each League that included the name of the organization, the organization's website, phone number, email, and if available a direct contact for the organization. We also offered mapping software trainings and held two train the trainer events on

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“Striving to Create a Stronger, More Inclusive Democracy” PRE CONVENTION KIT LWVNYS Convention, June 2021 redistricting 101 and engaging communities of interest. We also held a panel discussion featuring three redistricting experts to discuss what sort of challenges may arise from this redistricting cycle.

In April we held a People's Hearing on Redistricting where we invited members of the public and organizations to come and talk about why redistricting matters to them and their community of interest. In total we had 325 attendees on our Zoom webinar and the event's livestream on Facebook has been viewed more than 700 times. We had two cosponsors, LatinoJustice PRLDEF and APA Voice, and were able to get an incredibly diverse group of speakers to present. After the hearing, the recording, written testimonies, and transcript of the event were all shared on our nyredistricting.org website and sent to New York's Independent Redistricting Commission.

In addition to our outreach and education work, the League worked to secure funding for the state’s first ever Redistricting Commission. We partnered with more than 20 organizations to write letters to legislative leaders and hold advocacy meetings with key legislative staff to emphasize the need to fair, independent funding. In addition to our strategic meetings, we encouraged local League members to meet with their own representatives. We held an advocacy training and created materials that could be used by members when lobbying for these funds. In the end we were successful in securing $4 million for New York’s Independent Redistricting Commission.

We are continuing to work with stakeholder organizations and our League members on monitoring the Commission and ensuring the public is prepared to testify at upcoming hearings.

FINANCING EDUCATION REPORT Marian Bott, Issue Specialist

Victory, at Last…. Most of you know that the League has been involved with the Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE, the plaintiff) lawsuit for about two decades. It concerns the way New York State (the defendant) distributes funds for public education. The Campaign had Albany office space at our former Maiden Lane headquarters, and the League was paid to do grassroots lobbying throughout the state CFE. When I joined the League in 2001, I learned that we had filed an amicus brief in the case, and within the first two years we filed a second brief. In theory, the case was settled in 2006, thirteen years after it was filed. However, the planned-for phase-in of additional funding, known as Foundation Aid, a three-year phase-in beginning in 2007, never materialized due to economic conditions. Advocates have witnessed, during this past twelve years, a complete side-stepping of Foundation Aid’s intent. This, year, at long last, the aims of CFE were realized in the budget (but see below). A cause for celebration, to say the least! Thanks to all of you who, over the years, have gone to your legislators to press them to fully fund Foundation Aid, which is the cornerstone of adequate and equitable funding in our state school aid formula.

A Difficult Two Years for State Finances Generally The public education portion of New York State’s budget, nearly $30 billion out of a $212 billion total, is always an important discussion in Albany. Because COVID’s onset occurred about two months into the 2020 legislative year, and right in the middle of a school year, there were financial shocks to state revenue estimates. Schools had to prepare for remote learning, and the inequities between poor families and middle class families were brought into focus because of the lack of broadband access in the poorer

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“Striving to Create a Stronger, More Inclusive Democracy” PRE CONVENTION KIT LWVNYS Convention, June 2021 households. Teachers, students, and parents were placed in a terrible position; resources were needed and were only unevenly forthcoming. The Legislature was aware of these issues, and responded as I will report below.

First, in both fiscal years, there were dire predictions of a massive state deficit, due to the pandemic. In April 2020 state revenues were augmented by a federal relief package. This provided some, but not generous, revenues for the State Fiscal Year ending March 31, 2021. Then, with COVID’s ravaging effect continuing within our State, there were new concerns about the 2021-2022 revenue forecast and how this would impact education spending. Finally, after the November 2020 election, a change of federal administration, there was talk of a massive new stimulus package which would be directed toward states and municipalities. Advocates were concerned that New York budget makers would “supplant”, not “supplement” state revenues with federal dollars. Even at the third week of March 2021, the fates of various revenue raising measures (wealth tax, increased income taxes, pied-a-terre taxes among a few) were still unknown. The League supports “progressive” taxation according to our Financing Education position statement but not specific revenue measures.

Uncertainty about education financing budget decisions continued through April 7, 2021 when the State Legislature, under majority control by Democrats in both the Assembly and the Senate, and with the Governor’s consent, signed off on a $1.4 billion one-year increase in education aid, as well as a “language” promise for two more years to fund Foundation Aid as had been promised in the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit. My consultation with the attorneys for the lawsuit shortly after the budget passed in April 2021 lead me to believe that the “language” promise is a promise in name only. The legislature could legally renege on its so-called statutory three-year pledge and, if the experience of 2009 serves as any example, if there is an economic downturn, they will do exactly that.

Due to COVID, the only time the League was visible to the State Legislature during these past two fiscal years has been at the annual testimony. Last year, questions were asked by several legislators largely on the topic of charter schools and their operations. This year, on January 28, 2021, during the Q an A after our testimony, discussion about the role of federal funding took place. Keeping in mind the timeline mentioned above, there was substantial concern about whether the year was going to be the worst in the past twenty years. We expressed concern about some of the aspects of Title I funding that disadvantage New York State, and promised to follow up on two key legislators’ questions in this regard. This has been my main focus in the past three months.

As the federal government decides on a next COVID relief package, I am following very closely how much aid will be forthcoming from the federal government. Federal budgets are “forward funded” as a general matter, but if Congress decides to infuse more funding into states and cities, this could be very good news for New York State’s school children. Stay tuned.

Other League Positions with State Finance: Property Tax Reform Our State remains plagued by an uneven system of collecting property taxes and providing property tax relief. We have positions on property tax assessment and collection as well as STAR. In this most recent budget, the Legislature made changes by lowering most households’ income tax rates. That legislation may, indirectly, help those whose property tax burdens are high.

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WOMEN’S ISSUES REPORT Barbara Thomas, Issue Specialist Women’s Issues Report NYS Equal Rights Amendment - Movement towards an equal rights amendment that guarantees rights for women and other groups subject to discrimination has ground to a standstill due to disagreement over wording between the bill sponsors in the separate chambers.

Pay Equity – Women’s Equal Pay Day was March 24 this year, and League members participated in PowHer events, a panel with Attorney General Tish James and her staff calling attention to the needs the pandemic has revealed for better compensation for the frontline workers, especially caregivers, who tend to be women of color. And for the need to support childcare so parents can work.

Salary Range Transparency Bill: The PowHer coalition members, in consultation with legislators, have written a salary range transparency bill and have recruited Senator Ramos and Assembly Member Joyner as sponsors in each of their houses. These bills would require employers to disclose the compensation, or the range of compensation, to applicants for new employment or for openings within an organization. This bill serves to empower job applicants with critical information, preventing wage discrimination and reducing negative negotiating outcomes. The League included information and a memo in support of this bill in our post-budget lobby packet.

MEDICAL AID IN DYING REPORT Barbara Thomas, Issue Specialist

Medical Aid in Dying This topic tends to be a non-partisan issue, depending mostly on individual legislators personal experiences and religious viewpoints, including the true stories they hear from constituents. The number of sponsors is growing steadily. The League post-budget lobbying packet contained sample tweets, Facebook posts, letters to the editor, and letters to legislators.

COMMITTEE TO UPDATE HEALTHCARE AND FINANCING HEALTHCARE POSITIONS REPORT Barbara Thomas and Valerie King, Co-Chairs

Update to the LWVNY positions on Healthcare and the Financing of Healthcare Following a charge from the 2019 Convention to update the LWVNY Position on Financing of Healthcare, a committee, consisting of everyone who volunteered to work on the issue, was formed and began meeting in the Fall of 2019. The committee soon realized that they should also update the Healthcare Position. After much discussion, including consultation with LWVUS and the LWVNY board, the committee wrote positions and background study materials, and distributed them to local Leagues for concurrence. Committee members also presented information sessions for a number of Leagues. 31 Leagues from all the geographic areas of the state participated in the concurrence and overwhelmingly supported the new positions – which were announced by the board on March 20, 2021. The positions and the study materials are on the Programs page of the new state League website. The Page | 25

“Striving to Create a Stronger, More Inclusive Democracy” PRE CONVENTION KIT LWVNYS Convention, June 2021 committee consisted of Valerie King, PhD. & Barbara Thomas (co-chairs) and Janet Allen, Anne Burton, Judy Esterquest, PhD., Estelle Gellman, PhD., and Madeline Zevon.

COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AGRICULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT Elisabeth (Beth) Radow, Committee Chair,

Passage of Hazardous Waste Legislation In 2020 after several years of consistent advocacy on the part of the League of Women Voters of NYS and organizations facing off against inertia on the part of the New York State policymakers, the State legislature passed a bill, signed into law by Governor Cuomo, regulating liquid and solid waste, including radioactive material, from fracking operations using guidelines that govern hazardous waste. Before passage of the hazardous waste bill, this toxic material from fracking operations was characterized as industrial waste which carries less rigorous regulation thereby making it possible for more than 600,000 tons of this toxic brew to have been dumped in New York’s landfills. Closing this loophole eliminated the risk of the harmful chemical constituents in the waste draining into our waterways and water supply.

Eliminating Toxic Chemicals from Albany Satellite City of Cohoes. The League of Women Voters of NYS advocated along with other organizations to eliminate the disposal and incineration of toxic firefighting foam in Cohoes, New York, near Albany by a company operating under a Department of Defense contract. The foam contains perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, chemicals known collectively as PFAS, which, according to the Environmental Protection Agency are known to persist in the human body and can cause adverse health impacts. More than 2 million pounds of this foam was incinerated under a Department of Defense contract before the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation ordered the government contractor to cease operations in 2019; followed by a one year moratorium on PFAS incineration imposed by the city of Cohoes. Advocacy efforts, including those by the NYS League, resulted in the legal ban on incinerating the foam before any steps could be taken to resume the practice.

Following in the spirit of Be Earthwise. launched in 2017 by the NYS League as an on-line educational resource to engage citizens to preserve natural resources and cool the climate, members are acting locally in upbeat ways to waste less food, share their bounty with food-insecure neighbors, start composting programs and establish creative ways to tackle climate change. Drop by at convention for the workshop: Carbon’s Big Foot and You: Take on climate change by incorporating solutions at home and inspiring collaborative solutions in your community.

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DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION REPORT Regina Tillman, VP for DEI and Chair, NYS DEI Task Force

Diversity: Includes all the similarities and differences among people. Diversity refers to population groups that have been historically underrepresented in socially, politically, or economically powerful institutions and organizations. A team can be diverse and so can an organization. A person is not diverse. Equity: Is an approach based in fairness to ensuring everyone is given equal opportunity; this means that resources may be divided and shared unequally to make sure that each person has a fair chance to succeed. Equity considers that people have different access to resources because of the system of oppression and privilege. Equity seeks to balance that disparity. Inclusion: Inclusion is an ongoing process, not a static state of being. Inclusion refers to the degree to which diverse individuals can participate fully in the decision-making processes within an organization or group. While an inclusive group is diverse by definition, a diverse group is not always inclusive. Being aware of unconscious or implicit bias can help organizations better address issues of inclusivity.

Since the last reporting to state-wide membership, we have been successful in the development of a LWVNYS DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) Task Force, currently comprised of representatives from 13 local Leagues as appointed by their president, or who are presidents. Several of these local chapters have also begun their own local DEI Committee in this past year and most have posted the national DEI policy on their League website. There is a palpable level of energy being exerted to move the League toward a new history and it will be one in which our membership represents more broadly the community at large.

That energy allowed us to send 10 applications to the LWVUS in order to apply for Equity Leadership Grants. Our purpose in applying in unison was to aggregate the funding and give ourselves the initial support needed to bring in highly reputable speakers to address our membership on DEI. These speakers and trainers would help us not only in our organizational journey, but in our personal journeys as well. The need to seek change within, to become the change we seek in this world, is stronger today than even a year ago when we were taking our first DEI steps.

I am pleased to announce that the Leagues on our Task Force, through the efforts of their Board of Directors or local DEI Committees and inclusive of the State Board, have completed a DEI Assessment Survey. Although, ideally, the LWVNYS DEI Task Force would desire more submissions in the face of the 40+Leagues available in NYS, this was by no means an insignificant undertaking. At that point, I had only asked the local Leagues with a representative on the Task Force because those members had an immediate outlet, via our virtual Task Force meetings, to address concerns or issues arising from the survey. I could assure them directly that their League’s journey toward a routine practice of inclusion and equity had been enriched by the conversations that produced their survey responses.

To produce the survey results, there were some hard conversations across NYS. Nevertheless, your State DEI Task Force representatives have acknowledged that the changes toward implementation of the practices and principles of DEI must be considered “a journey”. And the journey starts with an awareness that one needs to move systematically from point A to point B. There are no shortcuts.

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MOVING FORWARD: We will continue to point out the wealth of information made available to you by the national office. With our collective “eyes on the prize”, we are also preparing supplemental tools to help you gain a deeper level of personal awareness that will lend itself to sustained progress for the League. We plan to provide information that will help to shore up your knowledge, via various formats, addressing why we are “in this place” of so much hatred and injustice in our country while also helping us to figure out a new path for ourselves, our Leagues, and our democracy. We will soon be placing DEI resources on the LWVNYS website, on a page clearly labeled for DEI.

Additionally, we will include a “BLOG”! This will allow you to engage with the Task Force, and each other, as we all grow in the meaning of DEI. We intend to invite you to also submit opinion pieces about your journey to include as blog content. Discomfort will be a part of the path we tread, intermixed with the joy of small successes. As Leaguers, we can and will persevere to make our country a place where a true democracy is practiced by the generations to come. To further aid in that, we will be forming a mailing list for those who wish to take their personal actions ‘up a notch’ to communicate on issues of justice in this country, or the lack thereof, and act as agents of change through postcards, letters, donations, and other means.

In the meantime, the aggregated results of the DEI Assessment Survey, conducted over a 4-month period this past winter, will continued to be reviewed by the Task Force to aid in the development of our 2021-2022 state-wide Organizational Equity Plan. Additionally, we will be inserting relevant equity language into the LWVNYS Strategic Plan, determining useful metrics, and offering our assistance to local Leagues in developing their own local DEI Action Plans.

JOIN US: We will look for you at the LWVNYS Conference as it kicks-off on Monday, June 7th at 5:30pm. Our very first of many workshops to come, designed for NYS Leagues, will feature a guest speaker, Shay Stewart-Bouley. Until then, Learning Guides are available to you, as established by LWVUS to assist in your growth and development in DEI, as well as the application of DEI to all of your League work: https://www.lwv.org/League-management/dei-guide/diversity-equity-and-inclusion- guide-intro And, if interested in having your League represented on the LWVNYS DEI Task Force, be on the look-out for the 2021-22 “Call for Nominations”, or contact me at your earliest convenience.

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LOCAL LEAGUE MEMBERSHIP NUMBERS As of Jan. 31, 2021

LEAGUE NAME 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Albany County 231 235 173 192 184 159 153 163 209 187 210 Allegany & Cattaraugus MAL Unit 20 29 40 41 Bronxville 80 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brookhaven 74 70 70 65 67 63 63 69 84 82 95 Broome and Tioga Co. 109 109 109 100 100 93 97 97 92 84 67 Buffalo/Niagara 238 225 224 213 193 190 197 210 224 227 223 Cazenovia 37 41 35 32 24 29 32 32 33 35 39 Central Nassau 39 35 35 27 20 20 26 22 27 29 33 Chautauqua County 93 88 88 83 84 88 86 89 122 88 107 Chemung County (disbanded Jan 2021) 34 15 20 20 20 14 14 10 10 9 Cooperstown Area 24 34 40 47 35 47 67 84 92 91 81 Cortland County 26 29 29 24 23 28 31 29 31 25 22 East Nassau 59 53 53 47 51 45 47 39 45 47 48 Geneva 55 53 50 46 38 34 39 42 38 35 39 Great Neck 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Greater Oneida Area (disbanded 2018) 11 10 8 7 7 6 5 4 0 Hamilton (disbanded) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hamptons (name change 2019 to LWV of Hamptons, Shelter Island and North Fork) 144 135 124 133 125 116 119 117 126 144 134 Harrison (disbanded 2017) 41 43 34 36 39 35 29 0 0 Huntington 90 87 85 89 88 97 69 70 71 64 95 Larchmont/Mamaroneck 89 90 76 83 74 108 107 71 88 86 88 Long Beach 44 42 47 27 31 33 41 10 16 18 11 LWVNYS MALs 94 91 89 57 36 33 31 52 68 17 11 Mid Hudson Region 88 94 91 90 92 92 86 120 141 127 142 New Castle 103 85 92 86 84 94 112 102 104 97 100 New Rochelle 85 89 77 74 59 45 56 51 38 58 69 New York City 243 265 205 199 223 217 275 350 350 289 303 North Country 36 32 42 52 43 40 42 33 33 31 50 North East Westchester 27 28 37 28 31 31 35 44 48 29 32 Page | 29

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Oneonta 57 52 48 46 38 41 35 36 32 33 10 Orange MAL Unit 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 18 Orleans County 12 13 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 Port Washington/Manhasset 108 133 118 142 128 100 118 132 135 105 113 Putnam County 20 5 5 5 5 9 12 19 22 29 29 Rensselaer County 89 84 77 81 80 81 76 101 98 97 108 Rivertowns 47 41 53 73 75 86 89 99 101 115 114 Rochester Metro 146 135 131 132 145 139 137 138 164 141 163 Rockland County 47 50 50 34 37 27 32 32 29 23 20 Rye, Rye Brook & Port Chester 47 53 37 51 57 47 54 43 45 43 50 Saratoga County 150 144 150 161 130 141 146 205 230 218 226 Saugerties (merged with Mid Hudson 2017) 22 14 24 24 17 15 14 0 0 Scarsdale 275 223 203 220 216 205 201 209 188 192 175 Schenectady County 149 131 132 129 126 134 138 136 149 138 145 Schuyler 39 39 21 21 17 14 10 11 12 11 11 Shelter Island (merged with Hamptons 2019) 34 33 46 42 44 44 40 42 31 Smithtown 37 38 37 36 28 29 30 34 37 36 42 Somers (disbanded 2017) 134 116 105 99 87 94 59 0 0 Southern Westchester (disbanded) 19 14 0 0 0 0 0 Southwest Nassau 101 83 82 76 66 50 34 21 18 14 16 St. Lawrence MAL Unit 21 13 7 8 6 13 10 22 22 Steuben County 23 25 24 24 25 26 26 18 18 18 16 Syracuse Metro. 86 85 102 100 90 71 69 73 76 80 91 Tompkins County 121 106 103 90 82 92 78 74 64 64 74

Utica Metro. Area 54 53 57 54 56 44 52 52 56 53 56 Warren County (disbanded 2018) 18 17 9 13 0 0 0 0 0

Wayne (Disbanded) 17 13 10 10 6 6 0 White Plains 130 125 134 145 125 117 121 124 126 128 101 TOTALS 4179 3958 3760 3695 3462 3381 3442 3548 3760 3516 3640

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YOUTH PROGRAMS Crystal Joseph, Youth Chair

Even though the pandemic has changed how we work with our young people, as an organization, we are continuing to set the stage for opportunities as our state re-opens. Although the past year has welcome significant challenges youth now, more than ever, are searching for ways to continue to impact social change.

Many local Leagues host programs for youth and assist in the schools (virtually this past year) with voter registration of our youth. In addition, a successful program developed by LWV of NYC offers local Leagues a new opportunity to engage with youth in their communities. The New York Youth Civics Initiative (NYYCI) is creating, shaping and structuring the ways in which our youth can utilize their individual political dimensions and social influence. The rise of virtual organizing and the emergence of digital activism has had, and will continue to have, the potential to spark bottom-up political action from our youth. NYYCI continues to utilize the League as the arena to source young people and to stay committed to the voting process by serving as independent agents on social issues that matter to their generation. The Leagues offer support to our youth by crafting a space for dialogue and providing the educational information to ensure sustained voting practice and ethical decision- making through voter engagement. There will always be a need for the League to serve as support through the NYYCI effort and provide common language to help our youth turn out the vote. In short, our young people need us as much as we need them.

The vision for NYYCI and the League is to have an interdependent relationship, in which, existing League youth programs share in the ways to support our young adults. Essentially, a localized voting campaign, impromptu registration, youth coalitions or any youth focused efforts are subsequently followed through with a simple prompt, in which a League member states: “Please, stay committed to the League; join the Youth Civics Initiative.” After you direct them to the digital advocacy platform, there will be a number of virtual events to maintain their civic engagement. We have already had dynamic conversations with educators and social justice groups that are looking to partner with the League to serve as a social justice resource for our youth. To help ensure that this process is clear, the NYYCI team will continue to offer regional training sessions and develop strategies that complement each Leagues existing youth network. The Youth Civics Initiative has strong leadership, through its founder and SIA alum, Jason Bohner, who champions League involvement at any level, where possible. In the coming year, NYYCI anticipates to have additional movement correspondents (HS school-aged cohort) and identify ways in which college students can serve in editorial, legislative or mapping political terrain based on League positions and interest areas. Please continue to work on your present youth programs, and as we emerge and reconvene, I welcome the opportunity to learn which programs our youth love, as we mutually strive to make the election process more just, accessible, equitable and inclusive.

2021 Students Inside Albany Conference (EF Program)

The 2021 was rescheduled to be a virtual program again this year because of the pandemic. The goal is to continue to educate the youth on state government and have them interact with their legislators, even if not on the Chamber floors. We have 58 students registered to attend representing 33 local Leagues. Local Leagues were permitted to select two students to attend for their local League. Page | 31

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2021 Students Inside Albany Virtual Conference Agenda Friday, May 21st 4:00 pm Welcome and Introductions Laura Ladd Bierman, LWVNYS Executive Director and Crystal Joseph, LWVNYS Youth Director

4:10 pm Presentation on NY Youth Civics Initiative (NYYCI) Jason Bohner, Director (NYC) Daltin Danser, NYYCI Participant (Buffalo) Moderator: Crystal Joseph

5:00 pm Presentation on NYS Government Jennifer Wilson, LWVNYS Deputy Director and Legislative Director

5:45 pm Trivia, Networking and Informal Conversation of Participants

Saturday, May 22nd 10:00 – 10:30 am Gather on Zoom

10:30 am – 12 noon Media Panel on How the Media Influences Public Policy Moderator: Jennifer Wilson Panelists: Dan Clark, Host, New York NOW WMHT Bill Mahoney, Reporter, Politico New York Josefa Valesquez, Reporter, The City

1:00- 2:00 pm Legislative Session 1 2:15- 3:30 pm Legislative Session 2 Break Out Rooms with Legislators. Students will be assigned to break out rooms with legislators from their or neighboring districts to discuss current issues and advocacy

3:30-4:00 Why Voting Matters Laura Ladd Bierman, Crystal Joseph and Jennifer Wilson

4:00 – 4:30 Evaluation and Wrap Up

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LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF NYS Financial Report as of May 31, 2021 (Fiscal Year Ends June 30, 2021)

July 1, 2020 - 2020-2021 May 31, 2021 Budget Income PMP Income 62,068.74 68,126.00 Gifts and Donations 23,849.09 21,080.00 Direct Mail 13,616.75 18,000.00 Election Night Reporting 7,875.00 2,500.00 Projects/Programs from EF 150,892.26 167,246.00 Voter Services 788.00 1,500.00 Legislative Agendas 0.00 1,000.00 State Meetings 11,232.00 26,500.00 Publications/Products Sales 2,573.82 8,000.00 Other Income 512.74 200.00 Total Income 273,408.40 314,152.00 Expenses PMP (MALs to LWVUS) 1,208.00 1,208.00 Mal Unit Support 10.00 437.00 Voter Services 68.50 7,500.00 Advocacy Expenses 255.71 1,300.00 Election Night Reporting Share 6,945.00 1,650.00 Administrative Expenses (tech, supplies, postage, tel, insurance) 22,374.34 70,004.00 Payroll 196,605.42 219,353.00 Rent 5,500.00 6,000.00 State Meetings 251.83 3,500.00 Publications/Products Expenses 8,159.63 3,200.00 Total Expenses 241,378.43 314,152.00 Net Income 32,029.97 0.00

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LWV OF NYS EDUCATION FOUNDATION Financial Report as of May 31, 2021 (Fiscal Year Ends June 30, 2021)

July 1, 2020 – 2020-2021 May 31, 2021 Budget Income Local League Support 4,006.25 300.00 Donations 188,795.10 100,000.00 Grant Income 144,665.40 18,616.00 Direct Mail 55,718.59 28,500.00 Other Income 10,072.43 31,200.00 Total Income 403,257.77 178,616.00 Expenses Projects/Programs Reimb to LWV 150,892.26 167,246.00 Grant Expenses 18,254.64 0.00 Development Exps 759.00 2,828.00 Direct Mail 3,211.30 4,000.00 Administrative 52,404.67 62,801.00 Bank and Credit Card Charges 6,215.69 5,400.00 Total Expenses 231,737.56 242,275.00 Net Ordinary Income 171,520.21 -63,659.00 Other Income Local PMP Grants Mngmt 5,857.34 2,044.00 Use of Cash Reserves 0.00 61,315.00 Grants Mngmt Admin Fee 0.00 300.00 Total Other Income 5,857.34 63,659.00 Net Income 177,377.55 0.00

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The League of Women Voters of New York State keeps local Leagues strong by:

ADVOCACY • overseeing state studies for new or updated positions • lobbying at the state level • maintaining coalition partnerships with many organizations for stronger advocacy efforts. • coordinating Advocacy Education and Training Days for members statewide • organizing conference calls/zoom meetings on current issues open to all members statewide

EDUCATION • funding for each local League to send one student free to Students Inside Albany • providing speakers on current issues for community events • developing ready-made Powerpoint educational presentations and briefing papers on various “hot topics” for community presentations and discussions

VOTER SERVICE • paying portion of license fees for all local Leagues and having staff support for www.vote411.org • creating low-cost Voter Guides • hosting statewide candidate events • providing ready-made presentations on issues for statewide studies and voter education

SOCIAL MEDIA/VISIBILITY • maintaining an up-to-date website with links and resources for running and promoting local Leagues • supporting a Facebook page and “Liking” any Facebook page of our local Leagues • sending State Board Updates and State Voter monthly and including local League news • providing spokesperson to media statewide on state issues • developing template Letters to the Editor for local Leagues to submit to local media

LEADERSHIP/TRAINING • advising local Leagues on a one-on-one basis • coordinating regional training workshops across the state • organizing state Convention • nurturing and giving start-up funding for MAL units

ADMINISTRATION • hosting grants management accounts for each local League in state Education Foundation so you can accept 501©3 donations at no charge (some other state Leagues charge for this service) • providing insurance for events held by local Leagues at no charge • creating an easy local League online giving link you can use to accept tax-deductible donations online • assisting some local Leagues in managing their finances • seeking grants and other funding to share with local Leagues

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2021 CONVENTION DELEGATES As of June 3, 2021

Erling, Anne LWV of Albany County Owens, Mary Kate LWV of Albany County Sibilia, Patricia LWV of Albany County Sullivan, Ellen LWV of Albany County Tillman, Regina LWV of Albany County Volk, Gail LWV of Albany County Marr, Nancy LWV of Brookhaven Nickeson, Joan LWV of Brookhaven Goodfellow, Margaret LWV of Broome and Tioga Co. Michalak, Carla LWV of Broome and Tioga Co. Wokan, Sara LWV of Broome and Tioga Co. Gunderson, Barbara LWV of Buffalo/Niagara Huber, Judy LWV of Buffalo/Niagara LaCivita, Rebecca LWV of Buffalo/Niagara Parks, Joan LWV of Buffalo/Niagara Robinson, Lori LWV of Buffalo/Niagara Roman, Alberta LWV of Buffalo/Niagara Zausmer, Elisabeth LWV of Buffalo/Niagara Neuland, Anna Marie LWV of Cazenovia Jones, Ruth LWV of Central Nassau Meadows, Patricia LWV of Central Nassau Croxton, Mary LWV of Chautauqua County Mertz, Lisa LWV of Chautauqua County Talbot, Anna LWV of Chautauqua County Hirabayashi, Liane LWV of Cooperstown Area MacLeish, Patty LWV of Cooperstown Area Murray, Maureen LWV of Cooperstown Area Cohen, Sheila LWV of Cortland County Carew, Virginia LWV of East Nassau Stein, Peggy LWV of East Nassau McNamara, Karen LWV of Geneva Reisch, Kim LWV of Geneva Gellman, Estelle LWV of Hamptons, Shelter Island and the North Fork Hinkemeyer, Arlene LWV of Hamptons, Shelter Island and the North Fork McClancy, Barbara LWV of Hamptons, Shelter Island and the North Fork Wilson, Susan LWV of Hamptons, Shelter Island and the North Fork Quarles, Stephanie LWV of Huntington Slavin, Dianne LWV of Huntington Thalheimer, Lizbeth LWV of Huntington Kaskel, Phyllis LWV of Larchmont/Mamaroneck Kolbert, Marlene LWV of Larchmont/Mamaroneck Radow, Beth LWV of Larchmont/Mamaroneck Lilly, Eileen LWV of Long Beach Bell, Cynthia LWV of Mid Hudson Region Holloway, Karen LWV of Mid Hudson Region

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Hymes, Kate LWV of Mid Hudson Region Lanzetta, Cynthia LWV of Mid Hudson Region O'Meara, Maura LWV of Mid Hudson Region Bernson, Sheila LWV of New Castle Kavic, Suzanne LWV of New Castle Mebes Flagg, Jennifer LWV of New Castle Alexander, Joan LWV of New Rochelle Alexander-Bakiriddin, Joan LWV of New Rochelle Williams, Valarie LWV of New Rochelle Amy Matthews LWV of New York City Bella Wang LWV of New York City Diane Burrows LWV of New York City Dorothy Ouzidane LWV of New York City Kai Rosenthal LWV of New York City Laura Quigg LWV of New York City Lesley Sigall LWV of New York City Natalie Silverman LWV of New York City Shelly Warwick LWV of New York City Colvin, Jane LWV of New York State Doran, Kate LWV of New York State Gorenstein, Judie LWV of New York State Joseph, Crystal LWV of New York State Park, Jane LWV of New York State Robinson, Sally LWV of New York State Stassevitch, Suzanne LWV of New York State Thompson, Dare LWV of New York State Faoro Gratton, Gina LWV of North Country Wardell, Diana LWV of North Country Esterquest, Judith B. LWV of Port Washington/Manhasset Goutevenier, Regina LWV of Port Washington/Manhasset Lamberti, Michele LWV of Port Washington/Manhasset Thomas, Jane LWV of Port Washington/Manhasset Reilly, Eileen LWV of Putnam County Buel, Shirley LWV of Rensselaer County McKee, Noreen LWV of Rensselaer County Meyer, Judy LWV of Rensselaer County Singer, Margo LWV of Rensselaer County Kotecha, Ruth LWV of Rivertowns Levine, Lynn LWV of Rivertowns Maggiotto, Susan LWV of Rivertowns Weisfeld, Susan LWV of Rivertowns DeGregorio, Georgia LWV of Rochester Metro Gordon, Deborah LWV of Rochester Metro Grosh, Barbara LWV of Rochester Metro McFarland-Porter, Theresa LWV of Rochester Metro Berns, Linda LWV of Rockland County Dawson, Lori LWV of Saratoga County Gush, Linda LWV of Saratoga County Hamlin, Susan LWV of Saratoga County Page | 37

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Kril, Ann LWV of Saratoga County McGarraug, Sandra LWV of Saratoga County Pendergast, Ann Marie LWV of Saratoga County Seebode, Monica LWV of Saratoga County Thomas, Barbara LWV of Saratoga County Baum, Alissa LWV of Scarsdale Gibbons, Patricia LWV of Smithtown Grzetic, Pat LWV of Smithtown Maissel, Joe LWV of Southwest Nassau Stein, Kathleen LWV of St.Lawrence MAL Manelis, Lorraine LWV of Steuben County Seifert, Constance LWV of Steuben County Littlehale, Joan LWV of Syracuse Metro. Slisz, Amanda LWV of Syracuse Metro. Wonacott, Dona LWV of Syracuse Metro. Grubb, Sally LWV of Tompkins County Wagner, Catherine LWV of Tompkins County Agen, Nancy LWV Of Utica Metropolitan Area LaGuerre, Dawn LWV Of Utica Metropolitan Area Meany, Kathy LWV of Westchester ILO Cohen, Stephen LWV of White Plains Rosenthal, Nancy Nassau County ILO Scott, Lisa Suffolk County ILO

Parliamentarian Name LWV of Hamptons, Shelter Island and North Susan Wilson Fork

2021 State League Staff

Laura Ladd Bierman, Executive Director Jennifer Wilson, Deputy Director/Legislative Director Keri Kramer, Finance Administrator (PT) Lisa Allendorph, Finance Administrator/Internal Auditor (PT) Katrina McEwan, Database Manager (PT) Josey Twombly, Major Gift Adviser (PT)

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