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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
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Aug 9, 2025
Co-Presidents’ Reports
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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
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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
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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
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Approval of letter to Election Assistance Commission (EAC) opposing documentary proof of citizenship (DPOC) for voter registration.
Judy
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Fill vacancies on state Board
Lyn
Local League Reports
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Huntington Area
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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
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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-session/ (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=drive_link -
IMG_20250917_142040.jpg https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JgqmTnyRBAWoO3PTGny9v_v7ZaUmJN1Z/view?usp=drive_link -
Updated flyers for voter events: -
Voter Registration Event https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OwTjMSwqMzfpCjrfd6QDMtJVaDYBubT3/view?usp=drive_link -
Student Voters https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YNm5AIb7YO0v6j2UFVgYoCw79BBvv1el/view?usp=drive_link -
Photo ID https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cKmq_9tlPiKhXZzbY8925AHHcnJIu1Ge/view?usp=drive_link -
Absentee Ballots https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WufQuWrOveVSKQt_YvO5fr2Oi-uBlZ1G/view?usp=drive_link
Judy
For the good of the order
Noon
ADJOURN
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