by Geoff Duncan It’s disappointing to watch an increasing number of Republicans fall in line behind former president Donald Trump. This includes some of his fiercest detractors, such as U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu and former U.S. ...
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 ...
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 ...
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good [people] to do nothing.” West Virginia is known for its good people. But this quote, frequently but falsely attributed to Edmund Burke, applies aptly to voting in West Virginia. Voting has two essential components: ...
What did we actually get? The 2024 legislative session is history and it appeared to be largely an act of Schadenfreude — that malicious pleasure some people feel when they see another suffering — rather than an organized government body working to move our state forward. We are all ...
by Michael Waldman The United States still has one of the world’s most decentralized voter registration systems. We want voter rolls to be up to date and accurate. People move, die, change party identification and so on. But election deniers exploit cracks in the county-by-county ...