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House Judiciary advances bills to criminalize absentee ballot distribution and restrict transgender West Virginians’ rights

BBG Folk Reporter Starrie Schulz has the scoop on what went down during Monday’s House Judiciary Committee meeting. A bill criminalizing the physical distribution of absentee ballot forms passed the […]

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