Voting

Ella Marie Haddix was a freshman in college when she was asked to do something no other 18-year-old in the country had done -- register to vote.She was accompanied to the Randolph County courthouse by Jennings Randolph, a U.S. Senator from West Virginia and father of the 26th amendment, which lowered the voting age to 18.

West Virginia elections officials and advocates for voting rights are closely following 40 pages of legislation that would update several voting procedures, including those for early voting, registration and the legal process for disputed results.

On this West Virginia Morning, we hear about those around the Ohio Valley who have recently had their voting rights restored and learn about others who remain disenfranchised from the democratic process. Also, we hear the latest on which counties will be virtual learning-only this week, and we listen back and check in with Mark Combs who was featured in Inside Appalachia’s “The Struggle to Stay” series.

Four years ago, 95 percent of Appalachian counties voted for Donald Trump. National journalists parachuted in to try to understand why. But, what did they miss? This week on Inside Appalachia, we’re talking with voters across Central Appalachia about the issues that matter to them.

The final day to register to vote in West Virginia’s Nov. 3 general election is Tuesday Oct. 13. While state code calls for the deadline to be the close of business, the West Virginia Secretary of State’s office said online registrations — completed after business hours but before midnight — fall to the discretion of county clerks.

The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia launched a hotline for West Virginia voters with questions or concerns about the upcoming general…

The city of Martinsburg elected its first female mayor this week.Harriet Johnson, a Democrat, received 564 votes – a little more than 35 percent of the…

For many in the Ohio Valley, voting is a choice, a right they are free to exercise if they want to. But for Jackie McGranahan and the more than 175,000…

On this West Virginia Morning, it’s primary election day in West Virginia. The election was postponed due to the coronavirus. In this show, we answer…