On Thursday, February 9th members participated in the VID Spring 2023 endorsements conducting interviews with 13 candidates running in the June Primary: three running for new City Council Districts; two running in the 66th AD as District Leaders; eight running for Civil Court Judgeships. There were also endorsements for 13 Judicial Delegates and Alternates. You can see the full candidates list here. And, here are the results of the VID Spring 2023 endorsements: District Leaders, 66th AD – Jen Hoppe, […]
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New York State Assembly District 66, Part A
Busy November – General Meeting Minutes
VID had a very busy November. Polling, poll watching, GOTV – here and elsewhere, and phone-banking consumed most Club members. Our busy November began with a bus trip to Virginia, coordinated by Jen Hoppe with the usual cookie sustainance from Keen Berger. Tony Hoffmann congratulated the Election Committee and VID Members on their incredible performance. November 7th, even though in the world of excitement, this year’s election was not near the top (in NYC). The weather in the morning was […]
Gerrymandering Dominates Discussion at June 8 Meeting
Redistricting on Steroids is the gerrymandering model David Daley revealed in his June 8th appearance at VID Erik introduced Dave Daley, author of “Ratf**ked; the True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America’s Democracy”. He delivered a riveting talk on how the Republicans took over in 2010 by using computer modeling to gerrymander and steal elections. Gerrymandering, which can be traced back to at least 1788, has resulted in 69 of 99 state legislatures and both houses in 35 […]
July 2016 General Membership Meeting
At the July 2016 General Membership Meeting – Campaigning, Election Updates, NYS Clemency and Election Reform VID General Meeting Minutes_July-2016 President Nadine Hoffmann opened the July 2016 General Membership Meeting by thanking everyone for the great job they did in petitioning. Alison Greenberg is putting together an interesting Health Forum, rescheduled for the September meeting. The VID put together their first official filing under the new tax rules. Thanks to member David Saperstein, we’re up to date. Frieda Bradlow will […]