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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>To: Local League Presidents and Voter Service Directors<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>From: Maggie Moehringer, VP Voter Service, LWVNYS <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>We have been approached by the American Cancer Society about the possibility of <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>co-sponsoring debates at the local level for certain targeted congressional <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>districts in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">New York</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. As I'm sure you know, co-sponsoring debates serves <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>to increase their visibility, encourages candidates to come, and increases the <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>potential audience. The ACS is a suitable non-partisan not-for-profit partner, <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>does not endorse candidates, and should have no problem signing our non-partisan <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>agreements. Their motivation for partnering, of course, is to encourage the candidates<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>to weigh in on their agenda items.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Here are the congressional districts of interest and the geographic <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>areas/counties or parts thereof they are comprised of: <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>CD 1 (Tim Bishop, incumbent; Suffolk Co, eastern LI) <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>CD 13 (Michael McMahon, incumbent; Staten Island, <st1:place
w:st="on">Brooklyn</st1:place>) <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>CD 19 (John Hall, incumbent; Dutchess, <st1:City
w:st="on">Orange</st1:City>, <st1:City w:st="on">Rockland</st1:City>, and <st1:place
w:st="on">Westchester</st1:place> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Counties, in addition to the entirety of <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Putnam</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>) <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>CD 23 (William Owens, incumbent; Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Jefferson, Lewis, <st1:City
w:st="on">Madison</st1:City>, <st1:City w:st="on">Oneida</st1:City>, <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oswego</st1:place></st1:City> and St. Lawrence counties) <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>CD 24 (Michael Arcuri, incumbent; Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cortland</st1:place></st1:City>, Herkimer, <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Oneida</span></font></st1:City><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ontario</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>, Otsego, Seneca, Tioga and Tompkins counties) <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>CD 29 (open seat; all of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Yates, parts of <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Monroe</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ontario</st1:State></st1:place> counties). <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Please get back to me if you are planning US representative candidate events in <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>one of these congressional districts and/or are interested in partnering with <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>the ACS in doing so. <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Regards to all. <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
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