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What We Do
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- We discuss and study issues of local, national, state and regional concern.
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- We inform ourselves, legislators and the general public about the results of our research.
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- We lobby for passage of laws we support and for the defeat of those we oppose, based on League positions.
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- We monitor elections and government activities.
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Did You Know?
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League members worked successfully for enactment of the Social Security and Food and Drug Acts, as well as the TVA. In 1934, when federal and state government agencies were hiring thousands of employees to administer the new social and eco-nomic laws, the League launched a nationwide campaign in support of the merit system for selecting government personnel. In those years the League was the only national organization acting consistently for the merit system. And due, at least in part, to League efforts, legislation passed in 1938 and 1940 removed hundreds of federal jobs from the spoils system and placed them under Civil Service.
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Upcoming Events
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August 22 -24 - Visit our booth at the Fredonia Farm Festival
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September 9 - Management Team Meeting, 1:30PM, hosted by Gloria Garretson, 4932 E. Shorewood Dr., 366-3211. Members are welcome and encouraged to attend.
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September 17 noon luncheon, “Moving Beyond Coat to Clean Energy in Chautauqua County“. Speaker - Jennifer Tuttle, Sierra Club. Call 326-3823 or e-mail info@lwvchautauqua.org for more information.
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October 9 - noon luncheon. Panal discussion on Gun Safety. Moonbrook Country Club, Jamestown. Call 763-8278 or email info@lwvchautauqua.org for more information.
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October 24 - Meet The Candidates, Jamestown. 679-4636 for details
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October 28 - Meet The Candidates, Dunkirk. 679-4636 for details
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October 29 - Meet The Candidates, Fredonia. 679-4636 for details
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November 13 - 4-5:30 SUNY Fredonia. Williams Center. Viewing and discussion of “Campaign for Women’s Rights after World War II”. E-mail info@lwvchautauqua.org for more information.
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We are pleased to share a link to a PSA encouraging people to vote This PSA was created by a Tompkins County LWV member (and Ithaca College student), Rhiannon Youngbauer. Click here to view the PSA
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You can log in to the League of Women Voters of the United States and join other members in making democracy work. Click here.
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Vote signs and stakes are available through the League of Women Voters, Chautauqua County, New York
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The cost is $100 plus $20.00 shipping and handling for 10 signs with stakes.
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To order:
e-mail: lwv@lwvchautauqua.org or
call (716) 672-4275
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Download an order form in PDF format and use Adobe Acrobat Reader to print the file.
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