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Mar 13, 2021 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
At the @WVGOP winter meeting in Charleston, where committee members will choose between two contenders for state party chairman: Raleigh County REC Chairman Mark Harris and former state party chairman Conrad Lucas. Vote pits supporters and opponents of Gov. Jim Justice.
Acting chairman Roman Stauffer has led the party since January when former chairwoman Melody Potter stepped down.
Dec 2, 2020 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
BREAKING: West Virginia is partnering with New York-based Vault Health to offer at-home COVID-19 saliva tests free of charge to state residents.
The state already has a link up on their free coronavirus testing website: dhhr.wv.gov/COVID-19/pages…
Oct 27, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
As of Tuesday, 149,115 voters have requested absentee ballots, with 64,559 requesting absentee ballots through the online portal at GoVoteWV.com. #wvpol
Of those, 114,059 have already cast their absentee ballots in the 2020 general election, representing 77.2 percent of the total absentee ballots requested. Only 85.7 percent of voters who requested an absentee ballot during the June 9 primary actually cast a ballot. #wvpol