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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 have been used to segregate an unfavored group from the rest of the population and reinforce their inferior status.

The League supports RCV, initially to elect West Virginia Supreme Court Justices, with consideration to expand RCV for future elections. The bundle of bills referenced in our testimony would prohibit RCV in WV elections. Such action to be extreme and premature. Therefore, we OPPOSE all these bills.

The League of Women Voters supports equal rights for all under state and federal law regardless of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, or disability. We OPPOSE HB 2006 because it targets individuals who do not meet the bill sponsors’ narrow and inaccurate definition of sex.