Lawmakers hard at work restricting our voting rights: Five bills to watch closely

Restricting access to voting is designed to benefit the status quo.

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Despite not knowing what it is, lawmakers are ready to ban ranked-choice voting

Bills have advanced in both House and Senate, with lawmakers puzzled over what exactly they are outlawing.

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There’s no civil liberties problem with requiring WV public school students to be fully vaccinated

No right is absolute and we do not have the right to inflict harm on others.

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Our statement: AG isn't telling the truth about disability rights lawsuit

Suit did not seek to protect Section 504, but rather asked a court to declare it unconstitutional and prohibit its enforcement.

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New West Virginia Senate President Naive to Think ‘Social Issues’ Will be Taken Care of Quickly

This piece by Advocacy Director Rusty Williams originally appeared in West Virginia Watch.

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Trump will kill everyone on death row and expand the death penalty. It's time for Biden to act.

Joe Biden is the only president in history to publicly oppose the death penalty.

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Baumwell: Election Results Aren't Referendum On 'Woke Culture'

This opinion piece originally appeared in West Virginia Watch.

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West Virginia’s Amendment 1 Is An Affront To Dying With Dignity

This opinion piece by ACLU-WV Criminal Legal Reform Specialist Deb Ujevich originally appeared in West Virginia Watch.

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In the War on Terror, terror has prevailed

In a speech sent to Al-Jazeera in 2004, Osama bin Laden revealed that a major goal in orchestrating the horrific attacks of September 11, 2001 was “bleeding America to the point of bankruptcy.” While his economic mission successfully cost us over $8 trillion in our “War on Terror,” he was unlikely aware that the United States’ response to these attacks would also debase the country’s faith in its institutions, ushering in what experts are calling the Golden Age of Conspiracy. 

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