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Granville exploring move onto county's primary ballot

MORGANTOWN — The town of Granville is looking to follow Star City and Westover onto the county ballot.  Granville Town Council will conduct a public hearing and vote on July 9 regarding an ordinance to hold a special election as part of the county’s general election ballot, in ...

Tatar wins Westover tiebreaker as part of canvassing process

In the end, the winner of Westover City Council’s third at-large seat was decided by crumpled sheets of paper pulled from a plastic storage bin in a best-of-seven format.  Duane Tatar took the tiebreaker over Edie Viola after his name was drawn in four of the first six ...

One-third of voters decided our future

For better or worse, the first of this year’s elections is now behind us. And voter turnout was disappointingly low. We could throw a bunch of numbers at you, but here are the highlights: Statewide, 30.32% of registered voters cast ballots in the primary election, and no county had ...

Post-election notes

Some post-primary election observations: ◘ Patrick Morrisey stayed steady. Various polling indicated the attorney general and Republican gubernatorial candidate had the support of around 30%-35% of likely voters and none of the other candidates was able to cut into that base. Morrisey, ...

Will you vote in the primary election?

During a contentious campaign cycle — like the one we are in now in West Virginia — there are an overwhelming number of advertisements, campaign appearances, news reports and punditry. Anyone paying the slightest bit of attention knows there is an election. But how many West Virginians ...

What to know before you go vote

We are just over a week from the May 14 primary election, and early voting is already underway. If you’d like to know more about who and what will appear on the ballot, we highly recommend that you take a look at the Voter’s Guide (F section), which will give you a little insight into ...