LWVWV members October 2025

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Board Meeting REMINDER -- OCT 18, 2025, 10:00 a.m.
by League of Women Voters of West Virginia 10 Oct '25

10 Oct '25

Updated Agenda, Oct 10, 2025 Agenda (Google drive) <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CoUqwGXWQNjRraOQOsv5k817F09n6X4TQlmd-JC…> LWVWV BOARD AGENDA - OCT 18, 2025 REVISED – 10/9/2025, 10/10/2025 ZOOM Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86521504967?pwd=hnUg9NBJa2ZI7MfrKZaNFPaxr0OhZ7.1 Meeting ID: 865 2150 4967 Passcode: 760810 One tap mobile +13052241968,,86521504967#,,,,*760810# US +13092053325,,86521504967#,,,,*760810# US 👑 No Kings Protest is scheduled today at multiple sites. We will wrap up in plenty of time for Board members to participate. 10:00 AM Welcome & Call to Order, Changes/Additions to Agenda Lyn Widmyer Approval of minutes - Aug 9, 2025 Co-Presidents’ Reports - Co-sponsored & attended Get Out the Vote event with WV Future - Posted interview with Judy: 5 Takeaways from 2025 WV Legislative Session <https://youtu.be/zGi8bF1d71Y?si=40B5Q3DXOaX13XgR> - Voter registration by nonpartisan groups restricted by USCIS - U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a policy change, Aug 2025, that bars nonpartisan, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from registering newly naturalized citizens to vote at administrative naturalization ceremonies. - LWVUS advises that restriction does not apply to those ceremonies occurring outside USCIS facilities. Lyn Widmyer Judy Ball Treasurer’s Report - Treasurer’s Report - Updates: - Volunteers to audit financials from 2023-2024 - League members to serve on the board of LWV Trust. - LWVUS is offering us a Lobby Corps Grant. They are interested in supporting LLAW efforts in “Appalachia.” The grant could be useful in defraying costs of FastDemocracy and Claude.AI Pro subscriptions. Teresa Lyn/Judy 10:20 a.m. New Business - Board approved LWVWV filing of amicus brief supporting WV Board of Education challenge to WV state legislature having final authority over rules & regulations. Lyn Judy - Approval of letter to Election Assistance Commission (EAC) opposing documentary proof of citizenship (DPOC) for voter registration. Judy - Approve sending letter echoing our support for Climate Alliance letter to EPA. - They asked us to sign their letter, but they missed our email to be signatories. - Should we send separate email to endorse their position? Lyn - Preparing for 2026 election season - Partisan primaries & nonpartisan elections in May, including WV Supreme Court (2 seats) - May Primary will be first election after passage of HB 3016, requiring photo ID to vote. Autumn - Partnering with Delta Sigma Theta (EPAC) to promote importance of voting. - Priority: voter turnout - Postcards to be mailed - LWVWV will co-sponsor webinar Lyn Judy - LLAW -- Getting ready for Jan 2026 Legislature - Legislative Priorities <https://lwvwv.org/2024/01/04/lwvwv-2024-program-policy-priorities/> have not been modified since 2024. Should they be modified for 2026? - Testing Claude AI platform for potential help with some of the heavy lifting in manual bill review. - Claude is excellent at translating bills into LWVWV positions. - Claude is less excellent at filtering bills into 4 priority buckets. Resource constraints. - Reserve a table at the Legislature for the 2026 session? Legislature convenes Jan 12, 2026. Available dates to choose from: - 2/13 Lower Rotunda - 2/25 Lower Rotunda - 2/27 Lower Rotunda - 3/5 Lower Rotunda - 3/11 Lower Rotunda - 3/14 Upper House & Senate Rotunda Judy - Highlights of LWVUS Leaders’ meetings - Check your emails for summary of info highlighted in each month’s leaders’ meeting. - Subscribe to biweekly LWVUS newsletter <https://www.lwv.org/league-management/league-update-newsletter-sign>, if you don’t already get it. Judy 11:20 a.m. Unfinished Business - Fill vacancies on state Board Lyn Local League Reports - Huntington Area - Jefferson County - Will be joining Delta Sigma Theta to register new citizens at naturalization ceremony in Oct. - Registered voters at African-American Cultural Heritage event (attracted folks with voting jars asking for their favorite social media site) - Marched in Constitution Day Parade in Shepherdstown Lyn - Morgantown-Monongalia County - Four successful community conversations, co-sponsored with Mountain State Spotlight, in Morgantown & Preston Counties. - From Morgantown to Kingwood, residents want more housing, health care and internet <https://mountainstatespotlight.org/2025/08/17/preston-monogalia-listening-s…> (MSS, Tre Spencer and Kathambari Ramkumar, Aug 17) - Substack update. 109 subscribers as of Oct 09. LWVMorgantown.substack.com <http://lwvmorgantown.substack.com> - No Kings protest in Morgantown, Oct 18. - LWVMM will have a table with free paperclips <https://substack.com/home/post/p-175289144> for everyone! - Several LWVMM members are marching with LWV banner. - WVU has expressed concern that paperclip project is “too partisan.” We are pushing back -- preserving democracy is not partisan. - Two sessions at Morgantown Public Library for National Voter Registration Day. Photos: - IMG_20250917_142032.jpg <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UJc4Qna5npbOJtycMWTYgEQSF9dqxiJy/view?usp=…> - IMG_20250917_142040.jpg <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JgqmTnyRBAWoO3PTGny9v_v7ZaUmJN1Z/view?usp=…> - Updated flyers for voter events: - Voter Registration Event <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OwTjMSwqMzfpCjrfd6QDMtJVaDYBubT3/view?usp=…> - Student Voters <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YNm5AIb7YO0v6j2UFVgYoCw79BBvv1el/view?usp=…> - Photo ID <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cKmq_9tlPiKhXZzbY8925AHHcnJIu1Ge/view?usp=…> - Absentee Ballots <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WufQuWrOveVSKQt_YvO5fr2Oi-uBlZ1G/view?usp=…> Judy For the good of the order Noon ADJOURN Next Meetings/Events:

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