LWVWV members December 2025

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Board Meeting REMINDER -- DEC 13, 2025, 10:00 a.m.
by League of Women Voters of West Virginia 07 Dec '25

07 Dec '25

DRAFT Agenda, Dec 13, 2025 Agenda (Google drive) <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XMkRvuwmrHz2HilUuAVmzOxHyLeb3-aGbnvGPfp…> LWVWV BOARD AGENDA - DEC 13, 2025 REVISED – 12/6/2025 ZOOM Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81479925997?pwd=daonMB9dEtNeYHK7BMXZ4saxJsljHo.1 Meeting ID: 814 7992 5997 Passcode: 951848 --- One tap mobile +16469313860,,81479925997#,,,,*951848# US +13017158592,,81479925997#,,,,*951848# US (Washington DC) 10:00 AM Welcome & Call to Order, Changes/Additions to Agenda Lyn Widmyer Approval of minutes - <-- INSERT LINK Co-Presidents’ Reports - Signed on to LWVUS statement regarding DHS plan to consolidate sensitive personal data across federal agencies - Death of Nancy Novak, former president of LWVWV, longtime member of the Board, & lifetime member of the League Lyn Widmyer Judy Ball Treasurer’s Report - Treasurer’s Report <-- INSERT LINK - Ron Widmyer volunteered to serve on audit committee for LWVWV. - Still need League members to serve on the board of LWV Trust. - LWVWV rejected offer for Lobby Corps Grant from LWVUS. - Approval needed to transfer up to $4000 from CD that is maturing soon to cover budget items. Teresa Lyn/Judy 10:20 a.m. New Business Preparing for 2026 election season - VOTE411 - Voter education on new photo ID law - Any local Leagues planning candidate forums? - Approval needed for funds to support outreach to voters & legislators (partnership with Delta Sigma Theta) Autumn Lyn Judy Other Board members Legislative Day - Approval needed for contribution to Delta Sigma Theta toward their cost of Black Policy Day at Legislature in February. - We will join them & have a table with LWV info. Lyn LLAW — Preparing for Jan 2026 Legislature - Activated FastDemocracy Pro subscription (with Teresa’s help). Training just for LLAW scheduled for Dec 19. - No suggested changes to 2024 Legislative Priorities <https://lwvwv.org/2024/01/04/lwvwv-2024-program-policy-priorities/> were received, so priorities will remain the same. - Completed testing Claude AI platform for help with the heavy lifting in manual bill review. Full test across 2460 bills from 2025. - Claude is excellent at translating bills into LWVWV positions. - Claude improved immensely in filtering bills based on keywords into 4 priority buckets. - Claude resource constraints issue will be addressed by using a portion of LLAW budget to fund Claude Pro subscription only for duration of Legislature’s term. - Request to brief 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 <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E4iOf3d7VxBHMu_2svMiOQluAbIp78Tw/view?usp=…> on this policy issue.) - Bill to codify procedures for redistricting in WV, HB 2415 <https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_history.cfm?INPUT=2415&year…> in 2025, will be re-introduced. - Our bill to modernize election procedures, HB 2447 <https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_history.cfm?INPUT=2447&year…> in 2025, will not be re-introduced this session. We may come back in a future session. Judy Establish meeting schedule for CY 2026 - Move that the Board meet the third Saturday, every other month - Jan 22 - Mar 15 - May 17 - Jul 19 - Sep 20 - Nov 15 Lyn Judy Highlights of LWVUS Leader meetings - LWVUS has a new regional organizing model. https://www.lwv.org/league-management/advocacy-litigation/lwvs-organizing-m… - Each state assigned to a region with a coordinator. - Region 2: West Virginia & District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. - Still early days, but notable frustration at LWVUS lack of support for fostering communication between & among state leaders. Lyn Judy 11:20 a.m. Unfinished Business - Amicus brief filed with WV Supreme Court of Appeals to support WV Board of Education challenge to WV state legislature having final authority over rules & regulations. - Judy interviewed on MetroNews TV — ScreenRecording_11-03-2025 10-46-23_1.mp4 <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PDj26vuhvImCYnkmWaI6tB3jprXwehSA/view?usp=…> - Brief was topic of LWVMM Substack — The will of the people must be respected — Nov 30, 2025 Lyn Judy - Continuing partnership with Delta Sigma Theta (EPAC) to promote importance of voting. - Priority: voter turnout - Postcards to be mailed - LWVWV will co-sponsor webinar Lyn Judy - Vacancies on state Board still unfilled; Huntington not represented Lyn Local League Reports ✦ Huntington Area ✦ Jefferson County - Annual membership meeting, Dec 9 - Death of Alice Barkus, longtime LWV member Lyn ✦ Morgantown-Monongalia County - Substack update. 119 subscribers as of Dec 6. LWVMorgantown.substack.com <http://lwvmorgantown.substack.com> - Updated flyers for voter events — for any local League to use: - Voter Registration Event <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OwTjMSwqMzfpCjrfd6QDMtJVaDYBubT3/view?usp=…> - Student Voters <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YNm5AIb7YO0v6j2UFVgYoCw79BBvv1el/view?usp=…> - Photo ID <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cKmq_9tlPiKhXZzbY8925AHHcnJIu1Ge/view?usp=…> - Absentee Ballots <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WufQuWrOveVSKQt_YvO5fr2Oi-uBlZ1G/view?usp=…> - T-shirts! Ordering deadline is Dec 31. - Instructions → 2025-12-05 email T-shirt order.pdf <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wHuMoNJjYDfDY3MzU68Q_FEFZbbZjexl/view?usp=…> - Order form with images → voters shirts.docx <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OSikYPj2-1ATsWTMQCVbOLEotMgDG3Mc/edit?u…> Judy For the good of the order Noon ADJOURN Next Meetings/Events:

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