Category: LWVWV

SB 615 would mandate that WV state and local police assist in federal immigration enforcement.  According to news reports, at least 650 individuals have been rounded up in WV in the current anti-immigrant surge. Some detainees, who appealed their detentions in Federal court, already have been found to be detained illegally. Extending WV state/local law enforcement into this enforcement morass…

Proposed rules related to a 2025 bill encouraging the development of data centers are now before the Legislature for final approval. As written, these rules give the public almost no notice, and very little information about what the companies are proposing. The rules must be amended to require more transparency from big data centers.

Currently, absentee ballots are required to be counted if postmarked by the election date and received by canvass. If HB 4600 becomes law, any ballot received after 8pm on election day will not be counted. This is a dramatic change in our election process and will have the effect of preventing votes – especially from…