by Delegate Barbara Evans Fleischauer Our state constitution uses mandatory language to spell out how redistricting is to be conducted. In Article 1, section 4 and Article […]
Tag: redistricting
Local voters urge Legislative Redistricting Committee to reflect fairness and community interests in new maps
MORGANTOWN – More than 20 people stood to share their thoughts with the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Redistricting during its public hearing Thursday evening at Mylan Park. […]
Site change announced for Morgantown redistricting public hearing
MORGANTOWN — The Speaker of the House of Delegates announced Friday that the venue for the Aug. 12 redistricting public hearing has changed, due to a request […]
Legislative Redistricting Committee announces details for local public meetings
MORGANTOWN — The state Legislature’s Joint Committee on Redistricting has announced the format for public hearings on redistricting, which are set to begin July 27. Locally, a […]
Tell lawmakers no gerrymandering
As we discussed in this space at the end of June, the West Virginia Legislature has assembled its Joint Committee on Redistricting. The committee, consisting of 24 […]
Joint Committee on Redistricting public hearing dates set
Newsroom@DominionPost.com CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Constitution requires Congressional and Legislative boundary lines to be drawn every 10 years using U.S. Census data to indicate changes in […]
Gerrymandering W.Va.: Pizza slices or salamanders?
The 2020 Census is complete, the results are due in September, the West Virginia Legislature has already announced appointments to the state’s redistricting committees and we can […]
State House, Senate name members to Joint Redistricting Committee; includes 5 local legislators
MORGANTOWN – The state Senate and House have named their members to the Joint Committee on Redistricting that will redraw legislative and congressional district lines this fall. […]
W.Va. loses House seat, but maybe that’s a good thing
The results of the 2020 U.S. Census have been released, and West Virginia has lost a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. It’s a disappointing, though […]
Electoral competition in a one-party state
by Joe Kirby A fourth-generation South Dakotan and a lifelong Republican, I was once again disappointed this month when another legislative session came to an end marked […]
