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 elections, and sent […]
Tag: municipal election
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 […]
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 […]
Downs, Hollingshead, Hunt: New names on the city council ballot
MORGANTOWN — Barring the unexpected, there will be a familiar face representing the city’s 4th Ward and newcomers representing the 2nd and 6th wards when the next iteration of Morgantown […]
Morgantown’s April election will include one contested race
MORGANTOWN — One of three ward races in the upcoming Morgantown municipal election will be contested. Monday was the deadline for hopeful Morgantown City Council candidates to submit their nominating […]
Kawecki will not seek a sixth council term in city’s 2nd Ward
MORGANTOWN — With a brief, eight-word statement at the end of Tuesday’s Morgantown City Council meeting, longtime 2nd Ward Councilor Bill Kawecki officially ended any speculation about his plans for […]
Morgantown’s 2025 city election season underway, almost
MORGANTOWN — Monday was supposed to mark the official opening of Morgantown’s 2025 election season. Then it started snowing, and, like a lot of things in this part of the […]
Granville voters back town’s election move
Voters in the town of Granville voted overwhelmingly in support of moving the town’s standalone municipal election in line with the county primary. Based on Tuesday’s unofficial totals, 269 supported […]
Yes, Morgantown council should move city elections
Morgantown City Council is considering a handful of changes to the city charter. (See Ben Conley’s reporting for full details.) We see all the proposals as net positives, and we […]
Morgantown Council will discuss eliminating standalone election
MORGANTOWN — It appears as if Morgantown City Council will at least discuss moving the city’s standalone election in line with the county during a forthcoming committee of the whole […]
