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In the current political climate with COVID-19 ravaging the nation, an economic downturn and great uncertainty for many Americans, there has never been a more pivotal time for voters to make themselves heard.

A federal judge today decided not to delay enforcement of a ruling in an important case regarding which candidates get to appear first on West Virginia’s ballots.

The COVID-19 pandemic has not only laid bare the structural inequality in American society; it has also made that inequality deadlier.

Zachary Fancher is a student at Fairmont State University who will be working as an organizing intern with ACLU-WV this fall. 

For many years, West Virginia has used an unconstitutional method for determining the order that candidates appear on our ballots.  Under this method, officials give the top placement on the ballot to the candidate whose party won the last presidential election.

 

ACLU-WV is excited to announce that Dijon Stokes, who previously interned with the organization as a policy fellow, has joined the staff in the newly created role of Voting Rights Project Manager. 

Secretary of State Mac Warner announced today that all West Virginia voters will be able to vote absentee in the November General Election because of the COVID-19 emergency.