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Senate Judiciary approves three voting-related bills

MORGANTOWN – The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday advanced three voting-related bills to the full Senate. Two deal with purging inactive voters or voters who've moved away from the voter rolls. SB 622 trims the time period for removing inactive voters from eight years to six ...

Defenders of ‘democracy’ want voter ID off ballot

Nationally, Democrats profess a deep affection for “democracy” — all while trying to keep Donald Trump, and even potential third-party presidential challengers, off the ballot. In Nevada, their conviction to the concept of democracy runs just as shallow, as they seek to block voters ...

The Good, the Bad and the Stupid 6

Good: SB 577 is the resurrected insulin copay cap. Last year’s iteration, HB 4252, passed both chambers, but the House didn’t concur with the Senate’s changes before the session ended, so the bill died. SB 577 might actually be improved: It limits the copay for insulin (even if the ...

Jim Crow and Georgia’s proposed secure voter ID law

At his news conference last Thursday, President Biden said of Georgia’s new voting law, “It makes Jim Crow look like Jim Eagle.” Jim Crow was not a person, but unlike most former presidents, he has a museum: The Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia. The name came from a song ...