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LWV highlights Electoral College at recent meeting cussed the history of the Electoral College and how it has impacted presidential elecAs Election Day approaches, tions. Codrington is a fellow at the League of Women Voters the Brennan Center for Justice of East Nassau hosted a pre- at the NYU School of Law and sentation on Sept. 18 to educate a professor of constitutional law at the Benjavoters about the Electoral College m i n N. C a rd o z a and its role in School of Law. His selecting presiresearch, teaching dents. and advocacy The league is a focuses on voting, nonpartisan, grasselections and the roots organization laws of democracy. that works to proHe noted that tect and expand votmost voters may ing rights throughnot fully underout the country. stand how the ElecThe East Nassau toral College chapter encompassworks. “It is that es Mer rick, Bells y s t e m t h a t we more and East know and love, or Meadow. at least we think According to e know it,” bArbArA epSteIN w East Nassau memCodrington said. ber B a r b a r a League of Women “And I’m guessing, Epstein, its goal is Voters of East Nassau to be frank, it’s not to educate commureally clear that we nities and encourdo love it.” age people to register to vote. The Electoral College, he “It’s important for people to explained, which selects the understand what the Electoral president, was established in Colle ge means and how it the Constitution, with electors impacts how people vote,” from each state fulfilling their Epstein said. duties six weeks after Election At last week’s meeting, legal Day. scholar Wilfred Codrington dis-
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Second graders in Danielle Brocco’s class at Saw Mill Road Elementary School sported gold and yellow shirts on Sept. 27 in observance of ‘Go Gold for Pediatric Cancer Day.’
North Bellmore students ‘go gold’ for pediatric cancer awareness day by JorDAN VAlloNe jvallone@liherald.com
A sea of gold and yellow adorned the elementary schools in the North Bellmore School District last week, as each marked another “Go Gold for Pediatric Cancer Day” — a campaign to support children battling cancer and to raise awareness about pediatric cancer. Normally celebrated the last Friday in September, Go Gold Day empowers students to show compassion and empathy for their peers undergoing cancer treatments. North Bellmore’s initiative encourages students, teachers and district administrators to wear gold and yellow, or decorate the schools with gold-themed items, because gold is the offi-
cial ribbon color representing childhood cancer awareness. The Herald visited Saw Mill Road Elementary School in North Bellmore on Sept. 27, meeting with staff and students to learn more about why the school district encourages awareness on Go Gold Day. The district’s five elementary schools — the other three of which are also in North Bellmore, and one in North Merrick — were all taking part in similar activities. Marie Testa, district superintendent, explained that this marked the 11th year the district has recognized Go Gold Day, and the awareness campaign started with the family of a young student at John G. Dinkelmeyer Elementary School, who was diagnosed with ContinuED on PaGE 4
t’s important for people to understand what the Electoral College means, and how it impacts how people vote.
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