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House passes Senate bill to ban ranked choice voting

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 the governor's desk. SB 490 prohibits ranked choice voting – RCV – in local, state or federal elections. It defines ranked ...

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 elections, and sent it to the House of Delegates. The House has its own, slightly different version that will be on ...

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 ...

Make safe states matter

by Rob Richie It’s time for “safe state” voters to be more than nervous spectators and symbolic participants in presidential elections. The latest poll averages confirm that the 2024 presidential election will again hinge on seven swing states. Just as in 2020, expect more ...

Want more moderate candidates? Demand ranked choice voting

by Tyler Cowen Ranked choice voting is on many state and local ballots this year, so it’s worth considering how it works in practice. Or, as we economists like to say: It’s time for some game theory. There are many ways to run a ranked choice system, but they all basically allow ...

The Good, the Bad and the Stupid 6

Good: HB 4223 — “that the Division of Corrections provide each probationer with physical copies of their birth certificate and Social Security Administration card upon release from a facility.” Both of these documents are essential to securing financial accounts, housing and ...

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