MORGANTOWN – The Senate Government Organization Committee took a swipe at ranked-choice voting on Thursday, advancing a bill to prohibit the practice in local government elections. SB 593 is the bill, and says local governments may not use ranked-choice voting for any local, state or ...
Secretary of State Mac Warner recently released an op-ed taking a stance against ranked choice voting. Which is fine — except that he made some misleading claims. For our part, we’re going to give an overview of what ranked choice voting is and how it works. For more details, there are ...
CHARLESTON — Sen. Joe Manchin has decided not to run for reelection, and he has indicated he is open to the possibility of running for president on a third-party ticket. What he’s doing in between is still taking shape, but on local West Virginia radio appearances, Manchin has ...
by Katherine Gehl For a nation torn apart politically, a cure is emerging, of all places, in Alaska. On Nov. 8, voters in the 49th state will elect a U.S. senator and representative in a new way. The system, called “final four voting,” is aimed at choosing public officials — ...
by Joe Kirby A fourth-generation South Dakotan and a lifelong Republican, I was once again disappointed this month when another legislative session came to an end marked by senseless disputes between far-right Republicans and their slightly more moderate brethren on issues of little ...