New & Noteworthy
2024 List of Accomplishments
We are proud of our work in the past year. Click below to see a list of major accomplishments
Press Release supporting Ban on Gas Leaf Blowers
Democratic Party Debate
Congressional primary debate to take place on June 10th 7pm
New for 2024 – Announcing the League Newsletter
League executives in collaboration with David Pinkowitz of DCP Marketing http://dcpmarketing.com/ is proud to announce the creation of a bi-monthly newsletter containing informative articles and information of interest. Written by our Board member and Editor Frances Whittelsey, with input and articles of other league members, our goal is to better keep members and general public aware of latest election, political and related information. You can signup to automatically receive the newsletter by email by clicking the link below.
Click here to signup and view our latest Bi-Monthly Newsletter
Local League Members attend “Shining the Light”
Sponsored by the Huntington, Anti Bias Task force, These League members attended the meeting on February 1, 2024 continuing their commitment to our community
2024 is going to be a very busy year! Join the League and Volunteer in any way that you can to serve our community & get out the VOTE!
Set up our presence at various venues- Huntington Festival, Huntington Unity Fun Day, etc
- LWV will provide the names of all the venues we would like to participate in
- you will be responsible to contact the venues, fill out the application, submit it
- you will be responsible for scheduling volunteers- you do NOT need to attend the function
- expected time commitment is mostly seasonal- a few hours in the fall & spring
Participate in manning LWV table at various events- such as Cow Harbor Day
- you will be handing out information and asking people if they are registered to vote
- walking in Cow Harbor Day Parade- this is independent of working any tables
- expected time commitment- as little as (2) hours to as much time as you like- depends on how many events you would like to volunteer for
Register Young Voters
- attend events set up by youth committee & Voter Services to register students
- expected time commitment- as little as (2) hours to as much time as you like- depends on how many events you would like to volunteer for
Vote411 Local Election Researcher
- join the research team, and make sure we get complete information from the candidates for our online voter guide.
- expected time commitment- 1 to 2 hours a week for several weeks before elections
Board Observer
- monitor SC Legislature, Town of Huntington meetings, etc.
- attend meetings, email reports
- most of these meetings can be monitored online
- there are many other SC committee meetings such as agriculture/ education, etc. If this is what you are interested in, please feel free to monitor any one of them. We will give you the website info.
- expected time commitment- 2 to 4 hours a month (will vary depending on the length of meetings)
Attend Political Functions- such as LWV Representative
- attend events as a representative of the LWV- never anything to do with a candidate or partisan issue
- LWV will send out notices of all functions
- 2- 8 hours a year (this is purely a guess on my part), it depends on how many functions you would like to attend
LWV Huntington NY 2023 Holiday Party at Northport Yacht Club
The League of Women Voters of Huntington Board held their last meeting of the year, followed by the Holiday party where all members were invited to attend