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Date: 1/17/2026
Subject: LWV Bellingham/Whatcom - The Voter, January 2026
From: League of Women Voters Bellingham/Whatcom County

Don't Miss our Local January Member Meeting

Join us January 31 for our inter member meeting. We'll focus on making connections with long-standing and new members through small group discussions. We'll also consider a change of name for our local league!

Learn more and register now!

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Be an Engaged Advocate in Washington State

The 2026 State Legislative Session is here! Are you prepared to use your voice? It's easy!

Sign up today for the LWVWA’s Legislative Newsletter. Every week you will receive an update on what is happening, and most importantly, it will explain how you can help.

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Many Thanks to Village Books

Village Books has very generously donated over $7,000 from their Round Up program. Customers had the chance to Round Up the cost of their purchases in September, October and the first part of November.

Thank you to Village Books for their very generous and on-going support of our League.

President Eileen McCracken and Senator Sharon Shoemake

Once again, organizers put together a wonderful Conversations with Elected Officials. Many thanks to all who helped put this together.

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Three Cheers for the Directory!

Once again, a hard-working team has put together our annual Directory of Elected Officials, soon available in print and online.

Click below to request your copy!

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Climate Issue Team Takes a Field Trip to Twin Brook

The Climate Team recently visited Twin Brook Creamery in Lynden. There they learned all about recycling glass bottles as a way to use less plastic.

Our team is interested in working toward the day that we can go backwards in time to replace the plethora of plastic bottles that are poisoning us and use glass that can be returned to the manufacturer to be cleaned and used again.

Read about our trip and what we learned!

Healthcare Issue Team Update

In January the Healthcare Issues Team met to plan our 2026 meetings, as well as to review and acknowledge the bulk of work in the last year: the HIT Observer Corps and a new way to record our observations; the proposed Whatcom County Health Board expansion, and the status of Universal Health Care.

We are searching for a February speaker. Contact us with your ideas.

Exciting Opportunity!

LWVBWC's Nominating Committee is working to fill upcoming vacancies on the Board of Directors, and is looking for members who would like to work with smart, engaged people to direct the work of our League.

Interested? Please get in touch with one of our Nominating Committee members to learn more.

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Book Group selects Prequel for the January meeting

Members are welcome to join the LWVBWC book group for a lively discussion of Rachel Maddow’s non-fiction book entitled Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism.