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Women's Legislative Roundtable Go to www.lwv-va.org for more information.

FEBRUARY MEETING

Domestic Violence Takes Front and Center as February Discussion Topic

This month the Domestic Violence Committee, chaired by Barbara Nunes, outlines encouraging information about the changes and improvements in the handling of domestic violence cases. On the federal, state and local levels, new legislation has defined, tightened, clarified, and provided additional training. Page 6 of the study provides an especially helpful chart showing how the process of handling protective orders has been improved. Part II of the study in May will emphasize services for victims and abusers. You may be of help to someone needing this information some day, so please join in the conversation.

Click here for the February Voter.

GENERAL MEETING

General Meeting has been postponed until Feb 11, same place, new time with coffee and registration at 9:30 a.m. Full details by Jan 26.

Panel Discussion on Voter ID Laws at General Meeting and Luncheon

Read the January Fairfax VOTER for background on the General Meeting topic. Click here for the January Voter. There are no unit meetings in January--attend the General Meeting. Unit meetings will resume in February.

COUNTRY CLUB OF FAIRFAX
5110 Ox Road (Route 123 & Braddock Roads), Fairfax VA 22030

9:00 a.m. Registration & coffee
9:30 a.m. Presentation

Speakers:
Tim O'Brien, LWVUS
Specialist for the Public Advocacy for Voter Protection Project
Cameron Quinn, Fairfax County Registrar
Former Secretary of the Virginia State Board of Elections
Anita Kumar, The Washington Post
Virginia politics and government reporter in the Richmond Bureau

11:30 Luncheon (Reservations required for luncheon only)

Click here for the reservation form. Luncheon reservation deadline FEBRUARY 3, 2012 - Cost: $35 per person

Fairfax Area League Ongoing Activities

RECENT:

LWVFA testimony to the General Assembly delegation from Fairfax Area that was given by Co-President Julie Jones on Saturday, January 7, 2012. Read it here.

LWVFA Supports School Bond Referendum - editorial published in The Connection Newspapers on October 11. Read it here

LWVFA letter on affordable housing in Fairfax County is published in Fairfax Times on October 7 and lauded by the Northern VA Alliance for Affordable Housing (NVAHA) in an alert to Alliance members. Read the letter here.

Fairfax County has drawn new magisterial and precinct lines that have been approved by the Department of Justice; Fairfax County redistricting information can be found at this link. See this link for precinct and polling place locations for the for the November 8, 2011 General Election. For other election and voting information, go to our ELECTIONS PAGE [button on left].

LWVFA HELD ITS 63RD ANNUAL MEETING ON APRIL 16, 2011. Click here to see a copy of the Annual Meeting Kit; all proposed items were adopted (budgets for FY2011-12) and new Officers and Directors were elected.

LWVFA presented input to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors at the March 29, 2011 public hearing on the FY12 Advertised Budget. In the testimony, among other things, LWVFA urged the BOS to adopt the advertised property tax rate at $1.09. Click here to read the entire testimony.

Visit our Fairfax League in Action page to read about more activities of the Fairfax League of Women Voters.

ONGOING:

The 2011 Facts For Voters is available! Click here for the online version. Click here to contact us for a copy or several copies.

Updated LWVFA Here We Stand (as of June 2011) document on Action page.

Weekly Leaders' Update from LWVUS Click here to read news from LWVUS, including the weekly Leaders' Update, brief summaries of LWVUS/EF Board Meeting Discussions, Conventions, Councils and Guidance to the Board.

WOMEN'S LEGISLATIVE ROUNDTABLE a non-partisan forum for the discussion of public policy issues and the legislation to address them that meets on Wednesdays during the G.A.Session, hosted by the LWV of Virginia. The first WRT meeting of the 2011 Session is January 19. To learn more about the Women's Legislative Roundtable and the Pre-Session Meeting, click here.

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Who We Are & What We Do

The League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area is a nonpartisan political organization that encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

• We discuss & study issues of local, national, state & regional concern. We inform ourselves, legislators & the general public about the results of our research.
• We lobby for passage of laws we support & for the defeat of those we oppose, based on League positions.
• We monitor elections & government activities.
• We sponsor candidate debates & community forums about vital issues.
• We testify at legislative & administrative hearings to insure citizen input in policy making decisions.
• We publish & distribute issue-oriented material.
• We advocate, we occasionally go to court to help clarify & enforce laws in the public interest.
• We produce & distribute Voters' Guides to help citizens to choose candidates & to be prepared to vote on ballot questions.
• We get INVOLVED! Join us in lively conversations & interesting issues!

The League of Women Voters never supports or opposes candidates for office, or political parties, and any use of the League of Women Voters name in campaign advertising or literature has not been authorized by the League.

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Membership in the League of Women Voters is open to anyone -- men and women -- age 18 and older. JOIN US - click here for an application form.