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Election Calendar · Now – Oct. 28 Voters can apply for absentee ballots · Sept. 18 Mailing absentee ballots to voters begins · Oct. 8- 14 Sample ballot published during this period · Oct. 13 Last day to register to vote · Oct. 27-Nov. 2 Sample ballot published during this period · Oct. 28 Absentee ballot requests must be in the County Clerk’s office by this date · Nov. 2 Deadline to hand-deliver absentee ballot to Clerk’s office. · Nov. 3 GENERAL ELECTION DAY · Nov. 9 Canvass One Woman, One Vote Saturday, February 29 at 1:30 p.m. Pkbg/Wood County Library Auditorium 3100 Emerson Avenue Free and open to the public Originally aired on PBS’ Frontline, this film documents the many aspects of the 70 year long struggle that led to the passage of the 19th Amendment 100 years ago, one of many struggles to grant all Americans the rights guaranteed by the Constitution. Meeting on changes in the Medicaid program, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019, 6:30 p.m. at Parkersburg-Wood Co. Library, Summers Auditorium. Open to the public Lisa Diehl, Northern Regional Coordinator for West Virginians for Affordable Health Care, an organization whose goals include preserving, protecting, and improving Medicaid and the Medicaid expansion, will be our speaker. ( see www.wvahc.org ) West Virginia was one of the states that opted to expand Medicaid when the Affordable Care Act was adopted in 2010. Medicaid provides health care and long-term care for more than half a million West Virginians. (more than 29% in 2017) Miss Diehl will talk about changes to the program since then and proposed changes under the current administration. Meeting on Solar Power Monday, April 22, 2019 6 p.m. Parkersburg City Council Chambers Open to the public A local authority on solar energy will speak to the League at 6 p.m. April 22 in the Parkersburg City Council chambers. Chip Pickering started Pickering Energy Solutions, a West Virginia company that installs, owns and maintains solar photovoltaic power systems in the Mid-Ohio Valley. Pickering is the chief executive officer of Pickering Associates, an architectural and engineering firm in Parkersburg, and vice president of Davis, Pickering and Co., an electrical contracting firm in Marietta. He is responsible for development, training and construction quality programs for Davis Pickering. LWVWC Annual Meeting, Friday, March 22, 6:00 p.m., Colombo’s Restaurant, Parkersburg Guest speaker will be Will Hosaflook, Superintendent of Wood County Schools. Update on LWVWV’s legislative priorities LWV Wood County Meeting on WV Economy Monday February 25 at 6 p.m., Parkersburg City Building, 2nd floor Executive Conference Room, Open to the public Ted Boettner, Executive Director of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, will discuss “Is the WV economic comeback real?” Legislative Update in this Voter The LWV of Wood County will present the film, “DARK MONEY” at the Parkersburg/Wood County Public Library at 1:30 pm on Saturday, January 19. The film is open to the public at no cost. “Dark Money”, a political thriller, examines one of the greatest present threats to American democracy: the influence of untraceable corporate money on our elections and elected officials. The film takes viewers to Montana–a front line in the fight to preserve fair elections nationwide–to follow an intrepid local journalist working to expose the real-life impact of the US Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision. Post-election up-date and December 15 annual holiday get-together. Meet the Candidate Event on Monday, October 22, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. in Council Cambers of the Parkersburg City Building. All local candidates for the WV Legislature and Wood County Commission have been invited. Open to the public. |
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