Screening of Documentary Film: Majority Rules
2025-12-06 12:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Apple Cinemas, 237 Martine Avenue, White Plains, New York, 10601
Documentary Film Screening: Majority RulesSaturday, December 6, 2025, from 12pm to 2:30pmApple Cinemas237 Martine AvenueWhite Plains, NY 10601

What if changing the way we vote could change everything?

With America’s democratic experiment mired in division and dysfunction, the state of Alaska voted to revolutionize its election system. The surprising results sparked new alliances, a growing call for election reform, and fierce pushback from political parties. Could changing how Americans vote also change politics for the better?

Majority Rules, a film about the implementation of open primaries and ranked choice voting in Alaska, presents a crucial look at how updating our voting systems can improve political incentives and decrease polarization. The documentary premiered at the 2024 DC/DOX Film Festival in Washington, D.C., and was released theatrically in cities across the country. A new version of the film featuring the outcomes of the 2024 open primaries ballot initiatives was released September 16, 2025, in celebration of National Voter Registration Day.

This film screening is co-sponsored by Unite NY, Braver Angels, and the League of Women Voters of Westchester and will be followed by a short presentation by David Green, Unite NY Organizing Director, and Q&A about how these issues apply to New York.

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About the Film

Alaska is gearing up to do something that no other state has ever done: Adopting a pair of election reforms that will eliminate traditional party primaries and allow voters to rank their candidates by preference. Just as election workers, citizens, and politicians are beginning to adapt to this new system, the state’s longest-serving Congressman unexpectedly dies, creating an open seat and prompting a special election that will test this system months earlier than expected. As dozens of candidates – including former Governor Sarah Palin – jump into the race for the highly coveted seat, everyone must learn how these new voting reforms will change the rules of campaigning and winning. The surprising outcome in that special election leads to a groundswell of support for election reform in other states and fierce pushback from political parties and partisans, just as the Alaska general election gets underway..

Veteran political documentary filmmaker AJ Schnack (Caucus, Convention) returns to the campaign trail asking whether these new Alaska reforms, an all-candidate open primary and an instant runoff general election, might be a prescription for what ails the American democratic experiment. Traveling across the country, Schnack and his crew interview reform supporters and opponents, looking at where these reforms are already in place and where they may soon be adopted. The resulting film answers two of our nation’s most pressing questions: How did the American electoral system become so dysfunctional, and can changes to how we vote change our entire system for the better?

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LWVW Moderator Training Thursday, 2/26/26
2026-02-26 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom
Candidate forums are essential components of voter service but we cannot offer them without moderators!

LWVW holds group moderator trainings periodically as well as 1:1 trainings scheduled for the mutual convenience of the trainor and trainee. Trainings are free of charge. Additional training videos that can be watched as refreshers or introductions are available on our moderator training webpage. Once trained, you will be eligible to serve as a moderator for any Westchester County or local league candidate forum for races outside of your voting district.

Please complete the RSVP form to receive the Zoom link for the training or email westchesterlwv@gmail.com to be contacted for a 1:1 training session.

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LWVW Moderator Training Sunday, 3/1/26
2026-03-01 15:00 - 16:00 | Zoom

LWVW Presentation on the SAVE America and MEGA Acts Tuesday, 3/10/26
2026-03-10 18:00 - 19:30 | Zoom
Understanding the SAVE America and MEGA Acts

The House of Representatives’ SAVE Act suite of bills, which could disenfranchise millions of eligible Americans by implementing suppressive voter ID requirements that deter people from registering to vote and casting a ballot, is under consideration in the Senate. Learn about the bills and what you can do about them during this Zoom meeting.

Register to Attend the Zoom

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LWVW Moderator Training Monday, 3/30/26
2026-03-30 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom

Running & Winning (2026)
2026-04-16 08:30 - 14:00 | Manhattanville University (formerly Manhattanville College), Reid Castle, 2900 Purchase Street, Purchase, NY, 10577
LWVW is hosting its annual, unique one-day workshop to bring together female-identifying high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors from high schools across Westchester County for an active and interactive political experience. The program is designed to support students’ aspirations to seek public office, develop their leadership potential, and, increase gender parity in government institutions. The event offers opportunities to learn from elected officials’ experiences and practical application. Attendees may also register or pre-register to vote on site.

At last year’s event:

Elected officials provided a brief recap as to how they became involved in politics.

Small teams of students interviewed elected officials in greater depth regarding the seeking and holding of public office.

Student teams designed a slogan, and wrote and delivered meaningful campaign speeches on an issue selected from a curated list.

For more information on the program, contact lwvwrunandwin@gmail.com.

LWVW appreciates NY Community Trust’s continued support and generous grant that helps defray the costs of hosting this important event.

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LWVW Moderator Training Wednesday, 4/22/26
2026-04-22 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom

Democratic Primary Candidate Forum for Congressional District 17
2026-06-03 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
Congressional District 17 Democratic Primary Candidate ForumWednesday, June 3, 20267pm via Zoom Webinar

LWVW and LWV of Rockland cordially invite the public to Register to Attend the Virtual Candidate Forum. Zoom will automatically send an email confirmation with the webinar link. Registrants will also receive an automated email reminder shortly before the event. The five candidates whose names will appear on the ballot for CD 17 in the upcoming democratic primary (John Cappello, Cait Conley, Beth Davidson, Effie Phillips-Staley, and Mike Sacks) have all been invited to participate as panelists.

Register to Attend the Candidate Forum Webinar

Please submit proposed questions for the candidates using the form below. Questions to be posed at the forum will be finalized in advance but not made available to the candidates or any of their staff members.

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LWVW Annual Meeting/Convention (2026)
2026-06-04 17:00 - 20:00 | Scarsdale Woman’s Club, 37 Drake Road, Scarsdale, New York, 10583, United States
Come one, come all!LWVW Annual Meeting/ConventionThursday, June 4, 20265 to 8pmScarsdale Woman’s Club37 Drake RoadScarsdale, NY 10583

Meet other local league members within Westchester County, hear what LWVW has accomplished this past year, and learn what is on the horizon for 2026-27.

Delegates will be voting:

to approve the LWVW budget for 2026-26,

to amend LWVW bylaws,

to adopt a LWVW local program for 2026-27, and

to elect and install incoming officers and directors.

All attendees will then have an opportunity socialize over a buffet dinner and enjoy the keynote address. The Annual Meeting/Convention Agenda will be posted below in the near future.

Featured Speaker: Jeanne Sheehan Zaino, Ph.D.Topic: America at 250: Reckoning with the Past, Imagining the Future

Jeanne Sheehan Zaino is a professor of Political Science and International Studies at Iona University. She teaches courses in political and social risk, voting, elections, public opinion, political parties, presidency, congress, the courts, civil liberties, constitutional law, media and politics, social statistics, data analysis and research methods, among others. During her tenure at Iona, she has served as Dean of the School of Arts and Science, Director of the Honors Program, and Chair of the Political Science Department.

A pollster by training, she is also political contributor with Bloomberg News, a Democracy Visiting Fellow at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School, a Senior Democracy Fellow with the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, an affiliated faculty member with the Institute for Thomas Paine Studies, a member of the International Advisory Board for South Asia Research, and author of several books and articles, including American Democracy in Crisis: The Case for Rethinking Madisonian Government Post January 6 (Palgrave MacMillian 2025). Along with four colleagues at Iona who form the Data Science working group she was awarded a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation’s Division of Undergraduate Education for a project entitled “Data Science for Future Leaders.” She is also a playwright, whose most recent work, Motherland, is a courtroom drama that depicts the real life trial of Madan Lal Dhingra in Great Britain in the early twentieth century.

Zaino holds a PhD and MA in Political Science from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, an MPA in Survey Research and Data Analysis from the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at the University of Connecticut, Storrs (now moved to Cornell University), as well as a BA in Political Science and Mass Communications, which was earned as a University Scholar at the University of Connecticut.

Ticket includes admission to meeting (5-6:20pm), buffet supper (6:20-6:45pm), and speaker program (6:45-7:45pm).

Price: $75/personAdjust quantities of annual convention tickets in your shopping cart after hitting the “Add to Cart” button and before entering payment information.

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