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VID's New President_David Siffert

June 11 Meeting Passes Four Resolutions

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The Membership Meeting of June 11 Passed Four Resolutions Addressing Voting Rights, Medical Aid in Dying, Police Reform and Definding the NYPD President David Siffert brought the meeting to order, and a motion to adopt the agenda passed.   Resolutions Melissa Carty read her Resolution to Eliminate the 20% Matching Requirement for State Elections and led a discussion.  (This resolution eventually passed by email.) Amanda Cavanaugh and Keen Berger debated the debated the Medical Aid in Dying Act.  Amanda, who is […]

Support VID Endorsements for June 23 Primary

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Get Out the Vote for VID Endorsements for June 23 Primary Primary day is coming up on June 23rd.  VID recommends that everyone request an absentee ballot ASAP.  This can be done by phone or mail, but the easiest way is simply to go to www.nycabsentee.com. VID endorsements for the June 23 Primary include the following candidates in contested races:   Joseph Biden for President of the United States Jerrold Nadler for United States Congress, Congressional District 10 Carolyn Maloney […]

VID Endorsed Joe Biden

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VID officially endorsed Joe Biden for US President!  At the April 2nd General Meeting VID Officially Endorsed Joe Biden, Welcomed Four Speakers and Voted on the SWEAT Bill Resolution Endorsements and Primary Voting [April 30 Update]  VID Endorsed Joe Biden with a vote of 28;  12 for Bernie Sanders, and 2 for No Endorsement.  The Democratic Presidential Primary  in New York State rescheduled for June 23, 2020 has been cancelled.  The state and federal primaries are still scheduled for June […]

Petitioning Has Ended

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VID petitioning has ended. The governor has announced that, due to the serious health concerns facing our state, he will curtail petitioning as of 5:00 PM on Tuesday and reduce the number of signatures needed to qualify to get on the ballot to 30% of the usual number. This is great news. The health of too many people was being jeopardized. VID is in excellent shape.  We have collected over 1000 signatures. All of our endorsed candidates will qualify to […]