Author: LWVW of WV
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Attacks on WV Immunization Law — IT’S NOT OVER
The 2025 WV Legislature tried unsuccessfully to weaken WV’s best-in-the-nation immunization laws. Now, the Governor is trying an end-run with an ‘Executive Order’ to require school systems to provide religious or ‘philosophical’ exemptions to vaccinations, CONTRARY TO STATE LAW. The State Board of Education will discuss immunization policy at its May meeting — WEDNESDAY, MAY…
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OPPOSE HB 3016, Another Voter Suppression and Discrimination Bill
HB 3016 eliminates from WV’s long list of voter ID options all the IDs without photographs. HB 3016 also requires non-citizen status to be identified on state-sanctioned photo IDs. Historically, badges such as the ones described in this bill have been used to segregate an unfavored group from the rest of the population and reinforce their…
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Testimony in Opposition to HB 3016
We OPPOSE HB 3016, another voter suppression and discrimination bill. For no apparent reason, HB 3016 eliminates voter ID options without photographs. As if that weren’t enough, HB 3016 requires “non-citizen” status to be emblazoned on IDs issued legally to non-citizen residents. History tells us that badges such as the ones described in this bill…