LWVWV BOARD AGENDA - JAN 17, 2026
REVISED – 1/14/2026
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Time: Jan 17, 2026 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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10:00 AM | Welcome & Call to Order, Changes/Additions to Agenda | Lyn Widmyer |
| Approval of minutes | |
| Co-Presidents’ Reports - Postcards to all LWV members urging legislators not to suppress the vote sent Jan 12. Additional postcards mailed to League Presidents for local distribution.
- Webinar co-hosted with Delta sorors on effects of HR-1 (Big Beautiful Bill) on West Virginia and update on Project 2025: Wed, Jan 7.
| Lyn Widmyer Judy Ball |
| Treasurer’s Report - Treasurer’s Report
- Still need League members to serve on the board of LWV Trust.
- Review of budget allocation to send delegates to national convention: early-bird rates ($575) available thru Mar 31.
| Teresa
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10:20 a.m. | New Business | |
| Preparing for 2026 election season - VOTE411
- Voter education on new photo ID law -- high priority
- Any local Leagues planning candidate forums?
| Autumn Lyn Judy |
| Legislative Day - Need committee to organize
| Lyn |
| Digital maintenance — Jonathan is overwhelmed - Need support for webpage management
- Cleaned up access for FB page; Julie & Bekah now have upgraded access.
| Judy Julie |
| LLAW — Prepared for Jan 2026 Legislature - Activated FastDemocracy Pro subscription.
- Multiple LLAWers participated in FD training Dec 19.
- Tech support has been speedy.
- Before session, completed testing (full test across 2460 bills from 2025) with Claude AI for help with heavy lifting of manual bill review.
- On Day 1 of Legislature (Jan 14), opened paid Claude account. $107/month, including tax. Will close at session’s end.
- Judy briefed Morgantown NOW on LLAW, Jan 13.
- Del. Evan Hansen will introduce nonpartisan bills supported by LLAW. We set the following priorities:
- Current WV law permits voters who request assistance due a disability to have that disability challenged. These provisions should be repealed. (Talking points on this policy issue.) Judy reviewed bill prepared by bill drafters & sent back edits.
- Bill to codify procedures for redistricting in WV, HB 2415 in 2025, will be re-introduced.
- Our bill to modernize election procedures, HB 2447 in 2025, will not be re-introduced this session. It may come back in a future session.
| Judy |
| Highlights of LWVUS Leader meetings | Lyn Judy |
| Prep for LWVUS Convention | |
11:20 a.m. | Unfinished Business | |
| - No update on amicus brief case
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| - Vacancies on state Board still unfilled
- Designate president of Huntington not represented
| Lyn |
| Local League Reports | |
| ✦ Huntington Area | |
| ✦ Jefferson County - Scheduling postcard party re voter suppression
| Lyn |
| ✦ Morgantown-Monongalia County - Substack update. 159 subscribers as of Jan 14. That’s +40 since Dec 2025!
LWVMorgantown.substack.com - Lively Jan 10 in-person meeting for members & others. At least 1 new member from the event. She is retired from elections office of Mon County Clerk; very experienced.
- URL for new website unresolved after months of effort. We have gone forward with LWVUS-issued URL: https://morgantown-monongaliacountywv.lwv.org/
- Judy is teaching a class at OLLI on LWVUS Judiciary Position, Feb 17. Class will be hybrid, so OLLI members outside of Morgantown may attend by Zoom.
- Next Board meeting, Jan 15.
- Updated flyers for voter events — for any local League to use:
- T-shirts! Anyone who ordered a T-shirt … they are done & beautiful.
| Judy |
| For the good of the order | |
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Noon | ADJOURN | |
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Next Meetings/Events: | |
| - Mar 15
- May 17
- Jul 19
- Sep 20
- Nov 15
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