LWV-VA Action Alerts

February 2013: MUST READ! LWV of Fairfax Area provides a great informational document in their February Voter. The title is "Uranium Mining in Virginia". This is not part of a study or a position statement. It is a very informative review of information from both sides of the argument. Read the article by clicking here. You can also read it at their website by clicking here. (Both are .pdf files.)

Feb. 27, 2013: Voter Rights Rally held in Washington DC
The LWV of Virginia WAS THERE!!

Wendy Fox-Grage, Sidney Johnson, and Therese Martin

Feb. 27, 2013: Voter Rights Rally held in Washington DC
The LWV of Virginia WAS THERE!!

Betsy Tiana, Nancy Strum and Maggie Duncan from the LWV national office and LWV Fairfax Area League members Wendy Fox-Grage, Sidney Johnson, Therese Martin and Olga Hernandez.

2013 Action Alerts

Emailed:

2013 Jan. 21: Oppose HB719
2013 JAN. 21: Support SB742 and SJ303
2013 Jan. 21: Action Alert Medicaid Expansion
2013 Jan. 22: Action Alert HB259 Redistricting
2013 Jan. 23: Action Alert SJ266 Restoration of Voting Rights
2013 Feb. 1: Action Alert HB259 Redistricting
2013 Feb. 1: Action Alert SB719 SB723 SB1256
2013 Feb 1: Lobby Day
2013 Feb. 3: Action Alert Free Fair and Accessible Elections
2013 Feb. 6: Action Alert Medicaid Expansion
2013 Feb. 12: Action Alert HB1337
2013 Feb. 12: Action Alert SB719 SB1256
2013 Feb. 13: Action Alert Medicaid Expansion
2013 Feb. 13: Action Alert Uranium Mining
2013 Feb. 28: Action Alert No to Photo ID

From News & Views:

2012 Dec. 23: Public Safety and Guns
2012 Dec. 29: Message from the Virginia Center for Public Safety About Gun Violence: What Can You do?
2012 Jan. 22: NEWS FLASH: From the Virginia Redistricting Coalition
2012 Jan 28: NEWS FLASH: From the Virginia Redistricting Coalition
2013 Feb. 1: Redistricting, Voting Rights, Photo ID’s, Uranium Mining and more from the Gen. Assembly
2013 Feb. 5: Redistricting, Voting Machines, Gun Shows, Health Care, & Absentee Ballots: GA Update
2013 Feb. 11: VA General Assembly Update: Some of the Activity on 2/11 & 2/12.
2013 Feb. 2: Another reason to care about Photo ID’s for voting.
2013 Feb. 13: Your Invited to the Largest Climate Rally in U.S. History!!
2013 Feb. 19: 2/20/13 Some Important Bills before the VA. House & Senate on this Date

2012 Action alerts

2012 Jan. 4: 2012 LWV-VA Legislative Priorities
2012 Jan. 15: Action Alert: LWV-VA Top Priority for Action on Legislation
2012 Jan. 18: Action Alert: SB165 - Education
2012 Jan 19: Action Alert: HB9 - Elections Law
2012 Jan. 23: Action Alert House P&E
2012 Jan. 23: Action Alert Senate P&E
2012 Jan. 24: Action Alert: Senate Health Insurance and Elections
2012 Feb. 7: Action Alert: HB569 Voter ID Bill
2012 Feb. 9: Action Alert: HB569 Voter ID Bill
2012 Feb. 12: Action Alert: Women's Health
2012 Feb. 14: Update on Voting Rights
2012 Feb 20: Action Alert HB9 and HB63 Elections
2012 Feb. 21: Pro-Choice Action Day
2012 Feb. 23: Action Alert Women's Issues (HB1)
2012 Feb. 28: Action Alert: Women's Health HB462
2012 Feb. 28: Action Alert: H63 & SB565
2012 Mar. 1: Action Alert Women's Health
2012 Mar. 6: Action Alert Women's Issues HB462
2012 May 19: Clean Air Alert

Current League Action and Advocacy

National: LWVUS (lwv.org)

Right Now: Voices of the League (Blog)

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Legislative Glossary

For an alphabetical listing of legislative terms and their definitions, see the online Legislative Glossary.
- Or print the League's Glossary of General Assembly Legislative Lingo.
- This document is a pdf file and prints on legal size (8.5 X 14) paper and includes a graphic on how a bill becomes a law.
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The League of Women Voters of Virginia, a nonpartisan political organization of men and women,
encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding
of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.