LWVWV members March 2022

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- Today at 4:30: LWV forum on winter resource accessibility
by balljk＠aol.com 10 Mar '22

10 Mar '22

Hello, League members, Hope you can join us for our Winter Warming Forum to discuss ideas to make warming shelters and winter heating resources more accessible, more effective, and with dignity for WV communities! We will host a panel of experts at 4:30 today with a Q&A at the end. Questions can be sent in via Zoom chat or Facebook Live. Watch live: - Watch on Zoom - Watch on Facebook Video will be available on the same Facebook page if you’re unable to attend. Marly Ynigues Social Justice Chair League of Women Voters of Morgantown-Monongalia County -- • Liberi • Marly Hazen Ynigues She • YEN-knee-GUESS

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Wednesday, 10am - League of Women Voters Bill Tracking Program
by Jonathan Rosenbaum 07 Mar '22

07 Mar '22

Dear League Members, Although it's late notice, a fantastic opportunity has just materialize. Our League will offer a tutorial on using the Legislature's Bill Tracking feature. Our West Virginia Legislators introduce hundreds of bills each legislative session. Keeping abreast of these bills as they wind their way through the legislative process can be challenging. Fortunately, there is a handy tool on the Leguslature's website that helps citizens stay up to date. Join us for a Zoom conference on Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 10:00am for a tutorial on the Legislature's Bill Tracking feature. https://us04web.zoom.us/j/71584366211?pwd=UlfibEV-XoMaDsGPqbYSPVolhyHABi.1 Meeting ID: 715 8436 6211 Passcode: hZrD7Y John Tice from the Legislature's Office of Reference and Information will guide us through setting up an account, maneuvering through the "Bill Tracking" feature, and storing items of interest for later reference. Please mark your calendars for this fantastic and timely program. You'll use your newly acquired skills immediately as the last, and busiest, week of the Legislative session is upon us. Looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday! --Effie Kallas

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ACTION on HB 4293 - Voting by Absentee
by balljk＠aol.com 01 Mar '22

01 Mar '22

HB 4293 is up for 2nd Reading on House Floor today. Contact your Legislators and urge them to vote NO. If it passes the House, as it likely will, contact your Senators. https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bulletin_Board/house_calendar_special.cfm?ses… The purpose of HB 4293 is to prohibit the delivery of unsolicited absentee ballot applications to any person who has not specifically requested one from the county clerk. (text excerpt below) WHY ACTION?This bill is a solution in search of a problem. The Legislature has already decided not to expand absentee voting as it was conducted successfully in 2020. That means most West Virginian voters are not eligible to vote by absentee. Even those who are eligible are deterred from applying because the rules are vague and overly complicated. Yet, this bill wants to further limit and penalize county clerks and others from distribution of absentee ballot applications to voters who might be eligible. It makes no sense. It is voter suppression and will have a chilling effect on county clerks who try to encourage voting. TEXT excerpt: (o) (1) If any election official knowingly and intentionally mails or delivers an application for an absentee ballot to any voter without the specific request of that voter, that person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned in a state correctional facility for a period of not more than six months, or both fined and imprisoned. (2) If any person, not an election official, knowingly and intentionally mails or delivers more than 10 applications for an absentee ballot to a group of voters without the specific request of those voters, that person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned in a state correctional facility for a period of not more than six months, or both fined and imprisoned. - Judy Judy K. Ball, PhD, MPA 9 Palmetto Drive Morgantown, WV 26508 240.997.1222 (cell) BallJK(a)aol.com

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