Grassroots political activists push back against automatically adding legislators to party executive committees By
The state Capitol
Most grassroots political activists who spoke at a public hearing this morning said they’re against a bill that would automatically make legislators members of party executive committees.
Selina Vickers
“This is nothing but a blatant power grab,” said Selina Vickers, who was a Democratic candidate for House of Delegates last year. “It would drown out the voices and more importantly the votes of other committee members, and I suspect that’s the point.”
Vickers added, “This is legislators attempting to stack the deck solidly in their favor, and it’s despicable.”
CHARLESTON â The 2020 general election ended in West Virginia on Monday afternoon when the stateâs five electors cast their votes for President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
West Virginiaâs electors, including Gov. Jim Justice, cast their votes during a brief ceremony in the state Capitol that was broadcast live.
Electors in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., cast their Electoral College ballots Monday, with President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris receiving 306 electoral votes to Trump and Penceâs 232 electoral votes. It takes 270 to win the White House.
While Trump and Pence won West Virginiaâs popular vote, Biden and Harris won the U.S. popular vote by more than 7 million votes.
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CHARLESTON Five West Virginians, including Gov. Jim Justice, cast the state’s five electoral votes for Republican President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence Monday as the Electoral College met across the country, giving Democrat Joe Biden the majority of electoral votes.
“This is a casting of our electoral votes in West Virginia,” Justice said. “Today we are fulfilling our civic duty to our country. It is a very important event.”
Justice, Lewis Rexroad of Wood County; Beth Bloch of Kanawha County; Paul Hartling of Putnam County; and Gary Duncan of Jefferson County met Monday at the Capitol to cast the electoral votes.
sadams@newsandsentinel.com Lewis Rexroad of Wood County, an elector representing the 1st Congressional District in the Electoral College, casts an Electoral College vote for President Donald Trump on Monday. The president won West Virginia, but lost the election to former Vice President Joe Biden, who won more than 300 Electoral College votes in the general election in November. (Photo Provided) Gov. Jim Justice holds up his ballot after casting his Electoral College vote for President Donald Trump. (Photo Provided) From left, Secretary of State Mac Warner watches as Paul Hartling, Gary Duncan, Lewis Rexroad and Beth Bloch cast their ballots for President Donald Trump in the Electoral College ceremony in Charleston. (Photo Provided)
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CHARLESTON Five West Virginians including Gov. Jim Justice cast the state’s five electoral votes for Republican President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence on Monday as the Electoral College met across the country, giving Democrat Joe Biden the majority of electoral votes.
“This is a casting of our electoral votes in West Virginia,” Justice said. “Today we are fulfilling our civic duty to our country. It is a very important event.”
Justice, Lewis Rexroad of Wood County, Beth Bloch of Kanawha County, Paul Hartling of Putnam County, and Gary Duncan of Jefferson County met Monday at the Capitol to cast the electoral votes.