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LWVWV Voters Guide available
by Jonathan Rosenbaum via state-members 19 Oct '18

19 Oct '18

The League of Women Voters of West Virginia 2018 General Election Voter Guides are now available, Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, US House of Representatives, and US Senate. https://www.lwvwv.org/category/league-of-women-votes-of-wv/voters-guide/gen… -Jonathan

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LWVWV VOTER Fall 2018 and ALERT
by Jonathan Rosenbaum via state-members 05 Oct '18

05 Oct '18

Attached is an electronic copy of the League of Women Voters of West Virginia Fall 2018 Voter newsletter. As an addendum, yesterday (10/4), the League issued this unprecedented press release: https://www.lwv.org/newsroom/press-releases/league-urges-senators-vote-no-k… "Judge Kavanaugh has shown the country that he does not possess fair and unbiased judicial temperament." "We urge Senators to vote NO on Kavanaugh." If you get the opportunity, please call Senator Manchin, who remains undecided, and Senator Capito to urge them to vote NO. Here is a communication from the League of Women Voters President, Chris Carson, that clarifies the League's position: Last week the national Board met in Washington DC as Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Kavanaugh testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee. As a Board, we made the decision that we could not sit silent. This is an important moment in our history and the League must demand a process that will uphold the integrity of the U.S. Supreme Court. We stood with a number of nonpartisan organizations, including the American Bar Association, which asked the Senate to delay a floor vote pending a full investigation into the allegations of sexual misconduct. We made a strong statement and issued an Action Alert encouraging the public to call their senators to encourage them to delay a vote. Yesterday, we made the decision to formally oppose this nominee based on his judicial temperament. This is not about the nominee's judicial philosophy; where he stands on issues which we have studied and have a position. This is about his ability to step away from personal beliefs and render judgement based on facts and the law. This nominee launched an unprovoked and blatant partisan attack on those who opposed his nomination, claiming that was their motivation. He was abusive and insulting to US Senators when they questioned him. It is their right and obligation as our elected representatives to ask tough questions of nominees for our highest court. Yet he treated them - the women Senators - with rudeness and disrespect. This has never happened before. The Supreme Court decides cases which impact our nation's future. We cannot sit silent and by that silence acquiesce in the appointment of someone who has publicly declared himself to be deeply partisan and highly emotional when faced with sustained disagreement. Fifty years ago, LWVUS leadership sat silent when the Civil Rights movement began. The rationale was that we hadn't specifically studied those issues, even the voting rights component, and so we couldn't speak out. I understand why they felt they couldn't speak out. It was the culture. But by 1970, the membership was so angry they forced a statement through at the biennial convention which allowed us to speak out without having 'studied' those particular issues. We're now acknowledging that error and apologizing for what happened. I offer our membership the vision fifty years hence of their president acknowledging and apologizing for the League silence on this unprecedented situation because we hadn't studied the issue of whether we thought judicial temperament was important for our democracy. I will close with this bit of news which has just come over the wires. Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, a lifelong Republican, told a small crowd in Boca Raton that Judge Brett Kavanaugh's performance at confirmation hearings should disqualify him. Chris Carson, President/Chair League of Women Voters of the United States

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Researcher seeks Biographical Sketches about WV Suffragists
by Jonathan Rosenbaum via state-members 22 Jun '18

22 Jun '18

Native-born West Virginian, and a US Historian, Suronda Gonzalez, is leading a WV team for a suffrage project seeking to crowdsource an "Online Biographical Dictionary of the Woman Suffrage Movement in the United States [1]" She is working to coordinate authors for biographies about Suffragists from West Virginia. She is looking for historians and students of history interested in researching and writing 500-word biographical sketches of suffrage supporters in their state. In the first phase of our work, we have received excellent sketches written by high school, community college, and four-year college students, working under the direction of their history faculty. We also have had volunteers who are graduate students or independent historians, who have written one or two biographical sketches. Complete biographical sketches will be submitted on a rotating basis in 2018 and 2019 in order to post the sketches on the website in time for the centennial of the passage of the nineteenth amendment which assured all women in the United States the right to vote. She thought this might be a perfect project for members of the League of Women Voters. Here is a link with all the individuals included in the WV entries [2]. You can see which ones are available (in the salmon color). Please send her any information you may have, and local Presidents please share this with your members! Contact Information: Suronda Gonzalez, Chair surondagonzalez(a)gmail.com Cultures And Languages Across the Curriculum (CLAC) Consortium [3] P.O. Box 24152 | Rochester, NY 14624 | 607.768.4603 Links: ------ [1] http://chswg.binghamton.edu/WASM-US/crowdsourcing/NAWSA_description.html [2] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-VcnvdgtsU5JhHHBLWn9zW5zdaZ6eC1u8xz… [3] https://clacconsortium.org/

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Host an OCOF Voting Workshop!
by Jonathan Rosenbaum via state-members 24 May '18

24 May '18

This is a great opportunity for Leagues, as well as interested state members. LWVMM hosted one of these workshops two year ago, at that time it was branded as a Civic Engagement Workshop, and it attracted a sizable crowd. OCOF brings in the speakers, etc. An organization's commitment to the event is working on the logistics, as well as having the opportunity to offer their own tracts at the workshop if they wish. See below for more information. -Jonathan Dear League of Women Voters of, West Virginians are ready to be heard at the ballot box. We can help. Click here [1] if you would like to host an OUR CHILDREN, OUR FUTURE VOTER WORKSHOP in your county this summer, and learn how you can register, educate, and turnout voters in your community. The last 5 years the Our Children, Our Future Campaign has brought people together from both parties and all walks of life to fight for our children. With your help, we have held dozens of candidate forums, trained hundreds of citizens to run for office, and mobilized thousands to the Capitol for our annual advocacy days. Our work has paid off in 27 STATEWIDE POLICY VICTORIES (INCLUDING RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE, EXPANDING SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAMS BY 5.2 MILLION MEALS, AND REQUIRING SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION EDUCATION IN EVERY GRADE). We also proudly supported our teachers this spring (that's my son below). . Every two years, we hold NON-PARTISAN Voter Workshops around the state - in order to train West Virginia families, churches, community organizations, schools, and other partner groups how they can make sure that they get their communities registered and educated to vote. We believe it's our job as citizens to hold all political parties accountable to the issues that matter to us. These are ACTION workshops - they are designed to get communities off to a strong start so that they can organize their own candidate forum, voter registration drive, hold an issue forum, get-out-the-vote effort, etc. We'd love to do one in your county. Sign your county up here! [2] We would be happy to come lead a Voter Workshop in your county this June, July, or August. But we need someone like you to be the host! Hosts agree to: * Secure a location, date, and time * Find at least 2 local groups, congregations, etc. to partner with you * Recruit at least 7 people to attend (an ideal workshop is more like 15-25), but we ask for at least 7 people there, so that we can have a real diversity of opinion and experience * By hosting a workshop, you also qualify to come for free to our People's Policy Summit on September 18th * Most important: by committing to host a workshop, you are also committing to wanting to take some action in your community after the workshop! Make sure to complete the Host Form here [3], and we'll get back to you. If we get multiple hosts from one county or region, we'll work to get you all together and co-host. Give us 10 days to get back to you... we want to give everyone a chance to sign-up. See you soon, Stephen _Thanks to all of our current Statewide Co-Sponsors: WV Healthy Kids and Families Coalition, WV Center on Budget and Policy, Our Children, Our Future, Families Leading Change, Young WV, Try This WV, Planned Parenthood Votes! South Atlantic, WV FREE, WV Council of Churches, WV Working Families, West Virginians for Affordable Health Care, WV Citizen Action Group, Prevent Child Abuse WV, Call to Action for Racial Equality, National Association of Social Workers WV Chapter, WV Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and ACLU-WV, and the list is growing..._ Links: ------ [1] http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/CQE/ni0YAA/t.2hq/KM9LGIwMTF-gDaZoVjoO… [2] http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/CQE/ni0YAA/t.2hq/KM9LGIwMTF-gDaZoVjoO… [3] http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/CQE/ni0YAA/t.2hq/KM9LGIwMTF-gDaZoVjoO…

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LWVWV VOTER Spring 2018
by Jonathan Rosenbaum via state-members 08 Apr '18

08 Apr '18

Attached is an electronic copy of the League of Women Voters of West Virginia Spring 2018 Voter newsletter. Make sure to say hi to me at our new communication tool discussed in the newsletter, so much better than Facebook! https://chat.lwvwv.org [1] -Jonathan Links: ------ [1] https://chat.lwvwv.org/

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Council Meeting - 2018
by Jonathan Rosenbaum via state-members 28 Mar '18

28 Mar '18

Dear State Members of the League of Women Voters of West Virginia, State Council 2018 will be held on April 21, from 10am - 3pm at Morgantown Public Library in the upstairs conference room. Councils are held in the interim years between Conventions primarily for the adoption of a budget for the ensuing fiscal year. This year's Council is generating significant interest because the Board is proposing lowering the Per Member Payment (PMP), as a bonus, recently the Board of LWVUS announced they are waiving student PMP until January 31, 2021. The Council is composed of the presidents of the local Leagues or an alternate in the event a president is unable to attend, and two delegates chosen by each local League, and one delegate from the state board. Normally, Council is held first thing in the morning, but because several interested participants have indicated they will not be able to attend until the afternoon, this includes some people traveling a long distance as well as some LWVMM members tabling voter registration at the Farmers Market, the Council will commence at 1pm. The morning session will be a normal Board meeting which will include interesting Portfolio reports and discussion. Lunch will be held from 12 noon - 1pm. Meals will not be provided, but you are encouraged to bring your own lunch or visit one of Morgantown's excellent nearby restaurants. After Council, the remaining time will be devoted to Legislation, beginning with special speaker Julie Archer, state board member, and LWVWV lobbyist presenting what transpired at the Legislature this year. You can be certain that there will be a healthy discussion about the "No Constitutional Right to Abortion Amendment" and how local Leagues can take action to educate the public before the November election. Please RSVP (jr(a)lwvwv.org) if you are planning to attend. -Jonathan, President, LWVWV

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Action Alert SJR 12, Reproductive Rights
by Jonathan Rosenbaum via state-members 06 Feb '18

06 Feb '18

Senate Joint Resolution (SJR) 12 is a proposed amendment to the WV Constitution that would be disastrous for women's reproductive right in West Virginia. It would add language to Article IV of the state constitution "To amend the West Virginia Constitution to clarify that nothing in the Constitution of West Virginia secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of abortion". If approved, it would be on the November general election ballot. This amendment would allow the state to stop funding abortions under Medicaid, no matter the circumstances. (HB 4012, soon to be taken up by the House Judiciary Committee, also would do this.) It may open the door for other restrictions on abortion, further limiting all women's access to comprehensive reproductive services. The Senate Judiciary Committee passed SJR 12 on a voice vote Monday with the recommendation that the Senate pass it. SJR 12 is on first reading in the full Senate on Wednesday, making it important that senators hear from constituents ASAP. (Joint resolutions require a two-thirds vote for passage; every vote matters.) _PLEASE CONTACT YOUR SENATORS TODAY AND ASK THEM TO VOTE NO ON SJR 12._ A women is the one best qualified to make decisions about her own reproductive life. (Aside from Kathy: I cannot recall another time when the Legislature proposed adding language to the state constitution specifying whether a person's right to a specific medical procedure was or was not guaranteed. What next?) Kathy Stoltz & Julie Archer

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Lobby Day Reminder, Health Not Politics, Save Our State Parks
by Julie Archer via state-members 03 Feb '18

03 Feb '18

Dear LWV-WV Members, This is just a friendly reminder about the 2018 All Kinds Are Welcome Here Civil Liberties Lobby Day [1] this Thursday, February 8 at the State Capitol in Charleston. The LWV-WV is excited to join with other organizations and individuals committed to moving West Virginia forward as a supporting partner of this event. Please register here [2] to let us know which parts of the day you'll be attending, and which issues matter the most to you. Stop by our table in the lower rotunda. We look forward to seeing you there! We also wanted to let you know about two important campaigns the LWV-WV is supporting and actions you can take (see details below). THANKS FOR TAKING ACTION AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU IN CHARLESTON ON FEBRUARY 8! Sincerely, Julie Archer Director, LWV-WV HEALTH NOT POLITICS - STOP HB 4012 WV-LWV and other organizations have joined our friends at WV FREE in a new Health Not Politics campaign to defeat a proposed ban on Medicaid coverage for abortions for low-income women in West Virginia. At the campaign launch, WV FREE released new polling data [3] showing that West Virginians don't believe that politicians should be focused on creating new laws that take away health coverage for women. Unfortunately, the day after the launch the House Health Committee passed HB 4012 [4], which bans Medicaid insurance coverage for abortion. HB 4012 is now before the House Judiciary Committee, which will hold a public hearing on the bill Monday, February 5 at 8:30AM in the House Chamber. When a woman in West Virginia is enrolled in the state's Medicaid health insurance program, all of her reproductive health services should be covered including annual check-ups, prenatal and maternity care, family planning services including birth control, and abortion. HB 4012 aims to take away abortion coverage under Medicaid and we must stop it! Please contact House Judiciary Committee members and tell them they shouldn't be playing politics with women's health care. Click here [5]to contact House Judiciary Committee members now or send a personalized email to all committee members by copying the list below and pasting into your email "To:" field: john.shott(a)wvhouse.gov, roger.hanshaw(a)wvhouse.gov, barbaraf(a)wvhouse.gov, shawn.fluharty(a)wvhouse.gov, andrew.byrd(a)wvhouse.gov, joe.canestraro(a)wvhouse.gov, moore.capito(a)wvhouse.gov, frank.deem(a)wvhouse.gov, tom.fast(a)wvhouse.gov, geoff.foster(a)wvhouse.gov, jason.harshbarger(a)wvhouse.gov, ray.hollen(a)wvhouse.gov, phil.isner(a)wvhouse.gov, kayla.kessinger(a)wvhouse.gov, charlotte.lane(a)wvhouse.gov, chad.lovejoy(a)wvhouse.gov, rodney.miller(a)wvhouse.gov, riley.moore(a)wvhouse.gov, john(a)overington.com, mike.pushkin(a)wvhouse.gov, ben.queen(a)wvhouse.gov, andrew.robinson(a)wvhouse.gov, kelli.sobonya(a)wvhouse.gov, amy.summers(a)wvhouse.gov, mark.zatezalo(a)wvhouse.gov Click here [6] to learn more about the Health Not Politics campaign and what's at stake with HB 4012 and a proposed constitutional amendment that would take Medicaid coverage away from West Virginia's most vulnerable people seeking abortion care. #SOS PARKS (SAVE OUR STATE PARKS) - OPPOSE SB 270 & HB 4182 Governor Jim Justice and the State Department of Commerce are pushing for the passage of legislation (SB 270 & HB 4182) that would allow commercial logging in WV State Parks. The LWV-WV opposes allowing timbering in state parks. Our state parks harbor special natural features that should be protected. WV is a state where the diversity of plants (Including native orchids), birds, animals, and other wildlife lure out-of-state visitors, as well as West Virginians, to hike and see our beautiful outdoors and its diversity. SB 270 runs counter to the goal of promoting tourism. The bills were proposed with the aim of generating income to make repairs and improvements in the parks but there are other ways to provide needed revenue to support our parks. The house version of the bill (HB 4182) to open up state parks to commercial logging, could be considered by the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee on Tuesday morning. As they are currently considering whether to take up the bill, now is the time to let these committee members know that commercial logging does not belong in our state parks. Our partner, WV Environmental Council, has put in a request for a public hearing on the bill. We'll alert you when the public hearing on HB 4182 is scheduled. In the meantime, send a letter [7] to members of the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee and ask them to vote NO on SB 4182! And if you haven't already, contact the governor at 1-888-433-2731 to tell him you oppse logging in our State Parks. You can learn more about HB 4182 and SB 270 by visiting WV Rivers' SOS Parks resources page [8]. There you'll find a FAQ, a summary of alternative ways to generate funds for state park maintenance, and articles on how commercial logging will harm forest ecosystems and wildlife. Links: ------ [1] https://www.facebook.com/events/366199640474078/ [2] https://secure.everyaction.com/cyog7F19D0KVB_yGOHe1Fw2 [3] http://www.wvfree.org/wp-content/uploads/2018-Medicaid-Poll-1.pdf [4] http://wvmetronews.com/2018/01/25/abortion-bill-clears-first-committee-in-h… [5] https://secure.everyaction.com/GEn7IgwMb0if5HqF7ksDhw2 [6] http://www.wvfree.org/healthnotpolitics/ [7] http://salsa4.salsalabs.com/o/51680/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY… [8] http://wvrivers.org/sosparks-resources/

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Join Us Feb. 8 for All Kinds Are Welcome Here Lobby Day
by Julie Archer via state-members 30 Jan '18

30 Jan '18

Dear LWV-WV Members, The LWV-WV is excited to join with other organizations and individuals committed to moving West Virginia forward as a supporting partner of the 2018 All Kinds Are Welcome Here Civil Liberties Lobby Day [1] on February 8 at the State Capitol in Charleston. COME STAND WITH US IN SOLIDARITY TO SHOW THE WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE THAT WEST VIRGINIA SHOULD BE A PLACE THAT WELCOMES AND RESPECTS ALL PEOPLE! There will be an advocacy training starting at 9 am to make sure you are comfortable talking with your elected officials about issues that matter to you, followed by a large press conference and rally featuring our lawmakers and other members of the community. Following the press conference, attendees will watch a floor session from the House or Senate galleries at 11 am when legislators convene. The afternoon is devoted to meeting with your elected officials. Attendees are encouraged to arrange their own meetings with their legislators, but there will be a table were folks can connect with other from there area to attend meetings as a group. If you plan to attend and need help arranging a meeting with your legislators please let me know by replying to this email. Please register here [2] to let us know which parts of the day you'll be attending, and which issues matter the most to you. We look forward to seeing you there. Please stop by our table in the lower rotunda. ALL KINDS ARE WELCOME AND ALL VOICES MUST BE HEARD! PLEASE JOIN US AND INVITE YOUR FRIENDS TODAY. Sincerely, Julie Archer Director, LWV-WV Links: ------ [1] https://www.facebook.com/events/366199640474078/ [2] https://secure.everyaction.com/cyog7F19D0KVB_yGOHe1Fw2

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Event Opportunity: Nancy Tate - Past LWVUS Exec. Dir. in Charleston Oct. 23-26
by Jonathan Rosenbaum via state-members 24 Oct '17

24 Oct '17

There is an amazing opportunity to attend panel discussions, public lectures, and classroom discussions (Suffrage, How does LWV make decisions) which are all open to the public, with past LWVUS Exective Director, Nancy Tate at the University of Charleston from Tuesday 23 to Thursday 26. I have attached Nancy's full schedule of events. Our own Becky Cain-Ceperly who served as LWVWV President (1983-1987) and LWVUS President (1992-1998) will take part on one of the panels! If you are in the area and cannot attend any of the daytime events, please consider attending "The US Election System. How it Works and Why it Matters" with Nancy Tate as speaker. This event will take place Tuesday, October 24, 2017 from 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. in the Erma Byrd Gallery, third floor of Riggleman Hall, University of Charleston campus. If you need directions on how to get to any particular session please contact: Bradford W. Deel, J.D. braddeel(a)ucwv.edu (304) 357-4701 Nancy Tate Bio: Before taking over leadership of the League in 1994, Tate was the Chief Operating Officer at the National Academy of Public Administration, an independent, nonprofit organization working to improve the effectiveness of government at all levels. She has also served as a senior administrator in a management consulting firm and worked at the federal Department of Energy, Department of Education, and Office of Economic Opportunity. She is an elected member of the National Academy of Public Administration. Tate also serves on the Advisory Committee of George Washington University's School of Public Policy and Public Administration and as a citizen representative on the Audit Commission of Arlington County, VA. She has a BA in political science from Stanford University and a Master's degree in public administration from George Washington University. Tate is the co-chair of the 2020 Women's Vote Centennial Initiative, a national collaborative effort to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, recognizing the right of women to vote. -Jonathan

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