So many bad bills, the House Judiciary couldn’t get through them all on Monday. So … still time to MAKE SOME NOISE and let your Legislators know that HB 4016 is a bad bill. Expect it to be back on the Judiciary agenda Wednesday, Jan 24. See Lyn's email below for contact information.

You can read more about HB 4016 and other proposed election law changes here https://www.wvnews.com/statejournal/government/west-virginia-house-considers-changes-to-election-laws/article_303f051e-b982-11ee-a1c6-4719ed6c7da2.html .

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Lyn Widmyer via LWVWV members members@lists.lwvwv.org Date: Sun, Jan 21, 2024 at 5:39 PM Subject: [LWVWV] MAKE SOME NOISE! Oppose another voter suppression bill! To: members@lists.lwvwv.org

There are so many bad bills on the Jan. 22 agenda of the House Judiciary Committee, it is difficult to select the worst! We are focusing on HB4016 because it constitutes voter suppression and is in direct contradiction to the LWVWV policy priority of Strengthening Democracy.

HB 4016 https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4016%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4016 prohibits the delivery of unsolicited absentee ballot applications to any person who has not specifically requested one from the county clerk. This offensive bill makes it a crime for any person or organization to distribute *absentee ballot applications*. That is applications, NOT ballots. HB 4016 will have a chilling effect on those who work to encourage voting because it will prohibit the distribution of a public document available for download from the Secretary of State’s website.

MAKE SOME NOISE!!!!!! Tell your legislators (especially if they are on the Judiciary Committee) to say NO to HR 4016. And tell them NOW as the committee is meeting Monday, Jan 22.

*House Judiciary Committee Members* https://wvecouncil.org/wv-legislature/house-judiciary-committee/

*Name*

*District*

*Email*

*Phone*

Akers II, James Robert

055 - R

jb.akers@wvhouse.gov

(304) 340-3340

Fast, Tom

051 - R

tom.fast@wvhouse.gov

(304) 340-3252

Fluharty, Shawn

005 - D

shawn.fluharty@wvhouse.gov

(304) 340-3270

Foster, Geoff

020 - R

geoff.foster@wvhouse.gov

(304) 340-3121

Garcia, Joey

076 - D

joey.garcia@wvhouse.gov

(304) 340-3124

Hansen, Evan

079 - D

evan.hansen@wvhouse.gov

(304) 340-3125

Hillenbrand, Rick

088 - R

rick.hillenbrand@wvhouse.gov

(304) 340-3176

Kelly, David

008 - R

david.kelly@wvhouse.gov

(304) 340-3226

Kimble, Laura

071 - R

laura.kimble@wvhouse.gov

(304) 340-3102

Kirby, Todd

044 - R

todd.kirby@wvhouse.gov

(304) 340-3180

Kump, Larry

094 - R

larry.kump@wvhouse.gov

(304) 340-3122

Mallow, Phil

075 - R

phil.mallow@wvhouse.gov

(304) 340-3331

Marple, Keith

069 - R

keith.marple@wvhouse.gov

(304) 340-3141

Martin, Carl

065 - R

carl.martin@wvhouse.gov

(304) 340-3167

Nestor, Ty

066 - R

ty.nestor@wvhouse.gov

(304) 340-3178

Phillips, Chris

068 - R

chris.phillips@wvhouse.gov

(304) 340-3192

Pritt, Chris

053 - R

chris.pritt@wvhouse.gov

(304) 340-3156

Ridenour, Bill

100 - R

bill.ridenour@wvhouse.gov

(304) 340-3248

Shamblin, Andy

059 - R

andy.shamblin@wvhouse.gov

(304) 340-3392

Steele, Brandon

042 - R

brandon.steele@wvhouse.gov

(304) 340-3162

Ward, Bryan

086 - R

bryan.ward@wvhouse.gov

(304) 340-3154

Warner, Debbie

082 - R

debbie.warner@wvhouse.gov

(304) 340-3127

Westfall, Steve

016 - R

steve.westfall@wvhouse.gov

(304) 340-3140

Zatezalo, Mark

002 - R

mark.zatezalo@wvhouse.gov

(304) 340-3101