West Virginia’s Constitution provides that the citizens of the state are entitled to vote in elections held within the counties in which they reside. However, the language’s ambiguity may allow municipalities to permit non-citizens to vote in local elections.
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner and chief election officers in eight other states have joined to bring legal action to try to stop an executive order issued by President Joe Biden they say would federalize state elections.
CHARLESTON – An official in the West Virginia Secretary of State’s office says there were red flags when a man came into his office earlier this year and allegedly tried to illegally wrestle control of a mining company from its proper owner.
WELCH – A McDowell County jury has ruled in favor the owner of a coal company after a contractor had accused him of not paying nearly $1 million for services.
In 2022, then-State Bar President Tom Scarr became aware the West Virginia’s State Bar was among a handful of states in the nation that did not have an LGBTQ+ diversity committee.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced the next steps in distributing opioid settlements throughout the state for those municipalities that signed on with the West Virginia First Memorandum of Understanding.
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner has pulled the state from the Electronic Registration Information Center effectively immediately.
CHARLESTON – A longtime Republican political analyst says the next West Virginia gubernatorial election is Patrick Morrisey’s for the taking. Another thinks he'll run for Attorney General again.
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha Circuit Court judge has scheduled a hearing for Friday in a petition seeking to have a state Senate candidate removed from the ballot.
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner is part of a national effort to preserve election results. Warner and Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose are calling for states to pass legislation requiring the maintenance of digital, publicly accessible voter records.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has issued a legal opinion requested by Secretary of State Mac Warner concerning the validity of legislative rules retaining veto authority over locations for in-person early voting by the chairpersons of the county executive committees.
West Virginia's 2020 election turnout rate was the second-highest in state history. An independent study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology placed voters’ confidence in West Virginia's election results in the top 10 nationwide.
CHARLESTON – The state Republican Party has filed a notice of appeal with the state Supreme Court asking it to review a recent ruling that put the ousted chairman of the Wood County Republican Executive Committee back in the position.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office is warning consumers to be on guard against impostors calling to solicit monetary donations to aid Ukrainians in the wake of the Russian invasion.
