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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 allowed Jason Stephens, the candidate who hoped to intervene in the case as a party, to file an amicu...

“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 with one of three names presented to him by the Wayne County GOP Executive Committee. “The state c...

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 and the Wayne County GOP Executive Committee. Justice, however, chose to pick a name from a second l...

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 chose a candidate to fill the seat vacated by Derrick Evans, the lawmaker who took part in the Janua...