In Mississippi last week, a seamless performance by a new set of voting machines took place amid widespread anxiety about election integrity. ACKERMAN, Miss. — Choctaw County’s election centers opened at 7 a.m. last Tuesday, and voters were greeted by poll workers who’d just set up brand-new voting machines. “If […]
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West Virginia made waves in 2018 when it became the first state in the country to allow some residents to vote using a mobile phone app. A new study released last month by the University of Chicago finds West Virginia’s mobile voting pilot program increased voter turnout by three to five percentage […]
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As the debate over proposed legislation on health care heats up, West Virginia has been a flashpoint of opposition to a Republican-lead plan — with protests, rallies and sit-ins. With a high population of low-income residents, the increased grip of the opioid crisis and the fate of 184,100 Medicaid enrollees […]
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