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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 amendment to tweak the bill's compliance date for municipalities on Friday, moving it from July 1, ...

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 in the House of Delegates. This one is in the Senate, in SB 50. Senate Judiciary amended ...

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 applications for absentee ballots with a specific request by a voter or voters. And a bill to prohibit ranked ...

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 from 31-3 to 32-2. Two Democrats were on the ballot on Tuesday and one of them lost, while a Marion ...

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 votes went in Monongalia, Preston and Marion counties in the major races. But first, a bit of perspective. In 2022, ...