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The Morgan County Election Board voted to remove five Republicans from the May primary during a meeting Tuesday afternoon

CHARLESTON – On the eve of oral arguments, the state Court denied a former candidate’s motion to intervene in the case regarding the legality of the appointment to fill a House of Delegates vacancy from Wayne County. In the February 8 motion, the court also allowed petitioner Jeff Maynard, the chairman of the Wayne County Republican Executive Committee, to file a reply to a response despite a filed opposition from Gov. Jim Justice’s office and the state Republican Party. The motion also a...

“The governor does not have the discretion” to fill a vacancy in the 19th Delegate District by selecting from a list of candidates supplied by the state Republican Party, argues Wayne County Republican Executive Committee Chairman Jeff Maynard. Such an appointment would “usurp the statutory rights of the Wayne County Republican Executive Committee members of the 19th Delegate District as well as their constituents.” Maynard insists that Gov. Jim Justice is obligated to fill the vacancy ...

Gov. Jim Justice CHARLESTON – Gov. Jim Justice and the West Virginia Republican Party are confused about how legislative appointments work, according to the chairman of the Wayne County Republican Executive Committee. In a reply to the state GOP in his petition before the state Supreme Court, Jeff Maynard says Justice is mandated to fill the vacancy in the 19th House of Delegates District with one of the three names presented to him in a January 14 letter from Maynard ...

Gov. Jim Justice CHARLESTON – Gov. Jim Justice maintains the first list of potential replacements from Wayne County to fill a recent House of Delegates vacancy did not meet state code, and the state Republican Party agrees. The governor’s office, through Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s office, submitted its response February 1 to a petition filed by Wayne County Republican Executive Committee Chairman Jeff Maynard, who says Justice did not follow law in how he ...

The West Virginia Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily blocked a newly appointed state lawmaker from assuming his duties while it considers a challenge to the legality of his appointment.

CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Supreme Court Appeals agreed Thursday to an expedited hearing to determine whether Gov. Jim Justice wrongly appointed a delegat

CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily blocked a newly appointed state lawmaker from assuming his duties while it considers a challenge to the legality of his appointment. Republican Gov. Jim Justice announced Wednesday that he had picked Joshua Booth, a political neophyte and executive at a family-run road contracting firm, to fill the Wayne County seat in the House of Delegates. The chair of the county GOP committee, Jeff Maynard, went to court alleging Just...

By CUNEYT DILJanuary 28, 2021 GMT CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily blocked a newly appointed state lawmaker from assuming his duties while it considers a challenge to the legality of his appointment. Republican Gov. Jim Justice announced on Wednesday that he had picked Joshua Booth, a political neophyte and executive at a family-run road contracting firm, to fill the Wayne County seat in the House of Delegates. The chair of the county GOP commi...

For The Intelligencer CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Supreme Court Appeals agreed Thursday to an expedited hearing to determine whether Gov. Jim Justice wrongly appointed a delegate and ignored a list of nominees by a county committee. The state Supreme Court issued an order and rule to show cause in a mandamus case brought by the Wayne County Republican Executive Committee asking the court to require Justice to choose a replacement for former delegate Derrick Evans from a list of three quali...