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Friends Across The Political Divide And Keeping The Nations Voter Rolls Clean, This West Virginia Week

On this West Virginia Week, mental health continues to be in the spotlight with federal funds set aside to help finance multiple West Virginia programs.  We’ll also hear statistics from the recent mass distribution of the lifesaving Naloxone drug.

On this West Virginia Week, mental health continues to be in the spotlight with federal funds set aside to help finance multiple West Virginia programs.  We’ll also hear statistics from the recent mass distribution of the lifesaving Naloxone drug. And, more on West Virginia University and how faculty and students continue to grapple with widespread funding cuts.

There’s also good news for customers of Mountaineer Gas who can expect to see lower bills, and there’s new efforts to expand green technology in the state. 

We’ll also hear feature stories about science fiction and technology writer Corey Doctorow and ERIC – the Electronic Registration Information Center, and in this week’s US & Them we’ll hear how two friends manage to keep their relationship intact across the political divide.

Caroline MacGregor is our host this week. Our theme music is by Matt Jackfert.

West Virginia Week is a web-only podcast that explores the week’s biggest news in the Mountain State. It’s produced with help from Bill Lynch, Briana Heaney, Caroline MacGregor, Chris Schulz, Curtis Tate, Emily Rice, Eric Douglas, Liz McCormick, and Randy Yohe.

Learn more about West Virginia Week.

W.Va. Leaves One Multi-State Election Group, Joins Another

The release calls the data sharing system free of partisanship and outside influence. Earlier this year, Warner pulled West Virginia out of the 30-plus state member Electronic Registration Information Center, a non-partisan data sharing group, better known as ERIC.  

Secretary of State Mac Warner announced Friday that election data-sharing agreements have been made with Ohio, Virginia and Florida and the state is nearing an agreement with Tennessee. In a press release, Warner said the partnerships will help keep elections fair.

“The agreements set forth general terms to securely share data between states for the purpose of preventing and identifying fraud and form a foundation for future state partnerships ahead of, and after, the 2024 election cycle,” Warner said.

The release calls the data sharing system free of partisanship and outside influence. Earlier this year, Warner pulled West Virginia out of the 30-plus state member Electronic Registration Information Center, a non-partisan data sharing group, better known as ERIC.  

Warner said in the release that West Virginia’s surrounding states make up the majority of identified duplicate registrations.

“The states that have signed agreements account for nearly 50 percent of all abandoned registrations since 2017,” Warner said. “This regional foundation forms the beginning of onboarding other states interested in identifying and prosecuting fraud.”

WVPB reached out to the Secretary of State’s office for comment on the difference between the two data-sharing groups. As of publication time we had received no response.

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