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Alerts and Updates April 2, 2021URGENT: Monday Public Hearing on Bill to Limit Voting AccessA bill (SB 565) that would limit access to early voting, gut automatic voter registration, and make it easier to remove voters from the registration rolls is picking up steam in the WV Legislature. The House Judiciary Committee will hold a virtual public hearing on the bill Monday, April 5 at 8 AM. Please call (304) 340-3252 between 1 and 2 PM TODAY to sign up. If you can't make the hearing, contact members of House Judiciary and your delegate(s). Tell them West Virginians need better access to voting, not more hurdles! MoreIssues: Democracy, Voting Rights Alerts and Updates March 29, 2021Take Action to Stop Power Grabs, Protect Voting RightsClick here for an update and actions you can take to stop legislative power grabs and attempts to politicize the judiciary. With 43 states, including West Virginia, trying to make it harder to vote, we must take action to fight suppression efforts. At the WV Legislature that means opposing SB 565, which would limit access to early voting, gut automatic voter registration, and make it easier to remove voters from the registration rolls. Please take action today. MoreIssues: Democracy, Fair Courts, Judicial Independence, Voting Rights Alerts and Updates February 22, 2021Power Grabs and a Gift to Special InterestsWe're less than two weeks into the 2021 session and the WV Legislature is moving quickly to undermine the ability of West Virginia courts to defend our democracy and guard against abuses of power. And after three consecutive years of not gettting their way, some legislative leaders still want to waste millions of dollars on an unnecessary intermediate court of appeals because big-money, out-of-state, powerful special interests are demanding it. MoreIssues: Democracy, Fair Courts, Judicial Independence, Voting Rights
