Posts that broadly address the issue of voting and legislative power.

Early Voting – The Solution to West Virginia’s Poor Voter Turnout

In West Virginia, what life or weather throws at you can get in the way of making it to a voting booth on election day. To assure that you can make your vote, your voice, heard, plan to take advantage of our early voting days, while we still have them.
God's country

How Would Jesus Vote If He Lived in Jefferson County?

Of course, Jesus doesn't vote in American elections and, since He's not here to ask directly how He would vote, we have to do some interpretation. Here are some possibilities all based around the idea that Jesus wants to be friends--both Him to you and you to Him.

“Unitary Executive:” Code for Autocracy

The term "unitary executive" has come to be interpreted as a license for presidents and governors to do things on their own. Instead of submitting to our Constitutional framework to have Congress make the laws, the unitary executive can decide to bypass the Constitution and mandate changes. West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey thinks of himself in this way. He has eliminated civil service protections, axed the Office of Minority Affairs, and wants to end mandatory vaccinations in schools--all ordered by past legislation. He's ignoring it.