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Missed the Northampton Candidates Forum for Mayor and At-Large City Councilors? Watch on YouTube or read about it here

Northampton Open Media YouTube
Read 10/20 Gazette article,
‘Sciarra, Warner face off in debate” here.
Read 10/21 Gazette article, “At-Large Council Candidates Back Police Alternative” here.

CONGRATULATIONS!  Jesaila Ortiz, winner of the Northampton LWV Civic Engagement Scholarship.

Jesaila is a member of the National Honor Society and also a Skills USA District Gold Medalist in Criminal Justice.  In the fall, she will be attending Holyoke Community College studying Liberal Arts.

Complexities of the Filibuster: The Accidental Rule That Is Interrupting the Democracy We All Deserve

CEO Virginia Kase comments on the filibuster. Our country cannot move forward on the issues that matter most until we’re freed from partisan gridlock.
That’s why we support filibuster reform that will enable us to strengthen our democracy. Read here.

Sizzle Real: LWVMA Celebrating 100 Years of Accomplishments

Click on image to watch the video. LWVMA Sizzle Reel-100 Year Timeline. It sizzles!

Click to read the 100 Years special section in the Hampshire Gazette, 9/24/2020

Rest in Power, Justice Ginsburg

100th Anniversary Ad in Hampshire Gazette, May 23, 2020

100th Anniversary Ad in Hampshire Gazette, May 23, 2020

Holyoke Virtual Candidates Forum for Mayor, Oct. 26

Register here for Oct. 26th forum. ZOOM link will be emailed to you. 

SEND US QUESTIONS! ‘CONTACT US’ UNDER UPCOMING EVENTS ON RIGHT SIDE OF SCREEN.  We will hold 3 forums, one in Northampton, 2 in Holyoke.  To avoid confusion, in your message include: the forum date, the city, and the candidate category (mayor or councilor).  Address all questions to all candidates. All submitted questions will be screened and sorted by LWV members for appropriateness, relevance and redundancy.  Similar questions will be consolidated.  All written questions, asked or unasked, remain the property of the LWV.

Missed Holyoke At-Large City Councilors Forum? Watch and Read about it here.

Holyoke Media You Tube.

“At-Large Council Candidates Air Views At Forum,” Hampshire Gazette, Oct. 16, ’21. Read here.

MINUTES JUNE 8TH ANNUAL MEETING

Northampton Area ANNUAL LEAGUE MEETING held on June 8, 2021.  In place of our regular dinner meeting, we held a lively ZOOM meeting, including making plans for our September book sale. Read the minutes here.

Medicare For All: Contact the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

We need equitable health care coverage for all persons in the Commonwealth. H.1267/S.766 An Act Establishing Medicare for All in Massachusetts, is now before the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing.
  • If your state representative and/or state senator is on this committee, contact her/him with a personal note of your support for the bill.
  • All LWVMA members please contact all the members of the Health Care Financing Committee here via email or a phone call (617-722-1432 and 617-722-2430). Ask that this bill be voted favorably out of committee in a timely manner so we can have an equitable health care bill discussed and passed in the 192nd session.
  • Senate committee chair: Email Sen Cindy F. Friedman here
  • House committee chair: Email Rep. John J. Lawn, Jr. here

Pass the VOTES ACT. Contact your Senator and Representative

If you have not yet done so, please email your state Senator and Representative and ask them to contact the Joint Committee on Election Laws and leadership to report the VOTES Act out of committee in its entirety and soon. The bill will make permanent the election reforms, including expanded voting by mail and expanded in-person early voting, that were enacted on a temporary basis for last fall’s elections. Please emphasize that you want same day voter registration included in the legislation the committee reports out. Click here for more details on the bill.

S.1/HR1, ForThePeopleAct is critical to America’s future. Demand that Congress make elections fairer and puts power back in the hands of the American people. Ask your representative to support automatic voter registration, restore the Voting Rights Act, and reduce the influence of big money in politics.

Click to watch Northampton LWV member, Chris Flory, discuss Medicare for All in MA.