MORGANTOWN – The Senate bill to ban ranked choice voting breezed through the House of Delegates this week, passed overwhelmingly on Friday and will soon head to […]
Elections
State Senate passes bill to prohibit ranked choice voting
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The state Senate passed on Tuesday its version of a bill to prohibit the use of ranked choice voting in local, state or federal […]
Senate passes bill to align municipal election dates with statewide dates
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The Senate bill to align municipal election dates with statewide primary and general elections will be up for passage on Monday. Senators adopted an […]
House Judiciary moves bill concerning absentee ballot applications, deadlines
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – A House bill to limit distribution of absentee ballot applications was paired on Wednesday with another House bill to move up the deadline for […]
Legislature tries again to align city election dates with statewide dates
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The Legislature is taking another crack at aligning municipal election dates with statewide primary and general elections. The prior two efforts began and died […]
House committees take up absentee ballot, ranked choice voting bills
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates is trying once again to prevent potential abuse of absentee ballots by making it illegal to distribute more than 10 […]
State Senate Dems lose one seat, but keep one locally in 13th District
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The state Senate Republican supermajority got a bit more super Tuesday night as the Democrats lost one of their three seats, shifting the balance […]
Local counties vote red in statewide, national races
MORGANTOWN – It was a red Tuesday in West Virginia for statewide and national races. Even blue-leaning Monongalia County supported Republicans. Here’s a look at how the […]
Republicans and Democrats score victories in local legislative races
DBeard@DominionPost.com MORGANTOWN – West Virginia may be red, but the greater Morgantown area remains purple, with Republican and Democratic candidates scoring victories in contested state legislative races. […]
Republicans win races for W.Va. secretary of state, attorney general
MORGANTOWN – Republicans handily won the statewide races for secretary of state and attorney general Tuesday night. With 791 of 1,657 precincts reporting in the attorney general’s […]
