GOP changes Primary rules for 2026

Latest News January 30, 2024

CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Republican Party executive committee voted Saturday to close its Primary Election, limiting it to Republican voters only, starting in 2026. The move reverses a decision the GOP made over three decades ago to allow independent voters to participate. The ...

State GOP postpones meeting about closing primaries

Latest News January 20, 2024

CHARLESTON — With the state pounded by snow, West Virginia GOP has postponed a meeting that could have included a vote on closing primary voting to party members only. That would have meant voters registered as non-affiliated would not be able to ask for the Republican ballot in primary ...