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LWVWV Council Agenda, May 16, 2026, 10:00 am
Updated 4/29/2026, 5/5/2026, 5/8/2026m 5/11/2026
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10:00 am
Call to Order
Agenda Changes/Additions
Lyn Widmyer
Roll call of Local Leagues
Teresa Koon
Membership report
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/10aw24Q_W3vjKFpG0guEk0m9qntsJF6A4AumxDle…>
Teresa Koon
Judy Ball
10:30 am
Presentations/Discussion/Updates
Overview of Key Activities of Past Year
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LLAW: 2026 Legislative Session & what comes next
Judy Ball
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VOTE411 Program
Autumn Summers
Communications/Outreach Efforts
Lyn Widmyer
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The Voter Newsletter
Teresa Koon
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Website/tech
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Discussion & Passage of the Budget for 2026-2027
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Finance Report
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QPcrckLIulc-DEseFyubxiOEKdLDNUJ_/view?usp=…>
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2026 2027 Budget.pdf
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Teresa Koon
Amicus Curiae in support of WV Board of Education:
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Governance of public education
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Governor’s Executive Order trying to overrule vaccine statute
Judy Ball
Noon
Break
12:15 pm- 12:45 pm
New Business
LWVUS
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LWVUS updates re meetings/communication
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LWVUS National Convention:
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Update on Proposed LWVWV workshop
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Direction from membership to delegates attending national convention
Nominating Committee
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Need new board member
1:00 pm
Portfolio Reports
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Education
Shirley Rosenbaum
Local League Reports:
✳️ Huntington Area
✳️ Jefferson County
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Hosted Candidate Forum for Board of Education candidates. All seven
came. Over 50 people attended.
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Led 50 attendees on A Walk about Nothing, Charles Town, to the new early
voting location where Nikki Painter, chief elections deputy, gave an
overview of the voting process.
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Donated 200 flyers about key election dates and voting information at
request of City of Charles Town; handouts for new residents
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Had a booth at opening day of the Charles Town Farmers Market. More
than 250 votes cast for favorite social media (Facebook and Instagram tied)
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Joined Delta Sigma Theta in registering new citizens at the
Naturalization ceremony in Martinsburg.
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Registered voters at local libraries, the VA Center and any location
where we were invited (THANK YOU, Becky Phipps!)
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Topic on Annual Meeting on May 27: Expanding our League beyond
Jefferson County to include Berkeley and Morgan Counties.
✳️ Morgantown-Monongalia County
2:00 pm
ADJOURN