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Alejandro Ramos: Civic education must be at the fore of reform (ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä)
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Alejandro Ramos: Civic education must be at the fore of reform (ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä)

  • By Alejandro J. Ramos
  • Apr 9, 2025

Gen Z was expected to be more instrumental in the 2024 presidential election than it turned out to be. Despite its members’ active engagement …

Gazette-Mail editorial: Legislators making it harder to vote in WV
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Gazette-Mail editorial: Legislators making it harder to vote in WV

  • Updated Apr 1, 2025

The impetus behind a bill passed in the West Virginia House of Delegates last week is clear: the Republican supermajority controlling the Legi…

Statehouse Beat: Lawmakers are scared of their constituents
Phil Kabler

Statehouse Beat: Lawmakers are scared of their constituents

  • By Phil Kabler
  • Updated Mar 10, 2025

Question of the week: Why are legislators so scared of voters?

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How Kanawha County overcame 'emergency of emergencies' during ballot counting
Election 2024

How Kanawha County overcame 'emergency of emergencies' during ballot counting

  • By Ashley Perham aperham@hdmediallc.com
  • Updated Nov 9, 2024

Around 7 a.m. Wednesday, almost 12 hours after the polls closed, Kanawha County’s unofficial vote totals were finally released.

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Election 2024: West Virginia & Kanawha County see record early voting turnout
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Election 2024: West Virginia & Kanawha County see record early voting turnout

  • By Ashley Perham aperham@hdmediallc.com
  • Updated Nov 5, 2024

With 31,577 early voting ballots cast, Kanawha County set an early voting turnout record of 26% of registered voters, according to County Cler…

Gazette-Mail editorial: Should voting be more than a right?
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Gazette-Mail editorial: Should voting be more than a right?

  • Updated Nov 6, 2024

When all is said and done, it’s likely that voter turnout for today’s election in West Virginia and other states will be fairly high.

Hoppy Kercheval: Early voting growing in popularity (ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä)
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Hoppy Kercheval: Early voting growing in popularity (ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä)

  • Updated Oct 23, 2024

In-person early voting in West Virginia begins today (Wednesday). By law, early voting begins 13 days before Election Day and lasts for 10 day…

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Early voters in Kanawha County to use new technology to select correct ballot
Election 2024

Early voters in Kanawha County to use new technology to select correct ballot

  • By Ashley Perham aperham@hdmediallc.com
  • Updated Nov 4, 2024

For this year’s general election, early voters in Kanawha County will use new technology to speed up the voting process, with County Clerk Ver…

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Betty Rivard: Picking up steam in election season (ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä)

  • By Betty Rivard
  • Updated May 22, 2025

A lot is going on now that we are past Labor Day and only a few weeks away from the Oct. 15 deadline to register to vote. Then there’s early v…

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Hoppy Kercheval: WV Dems have no shot in November (ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä)

  • May 31, 2024

Democratic Party candidates running for statewide office in West Virginia this year are facing nearly gale-force headwinds. The biggest challe…

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