State, local races are on the ballot
The Inter-Mountain
Nearly all of the attention during this election season has been focused on which party will control the White House and Congress for the next few years. Will Donald Trump return to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., or will current Vice President Kamala Harris make the move from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building to The White House? Will Democrats gain control of the House of Representatives and also retain control of the Senate? Will either presidential candidate find themselves with a majority in both chambers?
All those questions are very important. But what happens here at the local level, and what takes place early each year in Charleston, holds much more significance to how West Virginia residents live their lives than worrying about the goings-on in the nation’s capital.
Remember: members of Congress do not pass laws in Charleston. They do not balance municipal or county budgets or provide additional funding for local schools. And they most certainly do not hold any sway when it comes to how we tax income in West Virginia, to how we deal with the ongoing child care crisis or how we continue to recover from the damage done to our communities by the opioid scourge.
How local residents vote over the next few weeks will have a bearing on all the above-listed matters and more. Early voting begins today in West Virginia and continues, with the exception of Sundays, through Nov. 2. That gives every registered voter ample time to visit the polls.
Read more: https://www.theintermountain.com/opinion/editorials/2024/10/voting-matters/
