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WEST VIRGINIA....
In West Virginia, Democrats outnumber Republicans 2 to 1. On Friday, Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge Jennifer Bailey denied an injunction request from the West Virginia Republican Party seeking to change the way the November 2nd ballot is structured. An attorney for the state GOP argued that Secretary of State Natalie Tennant should have created two separate ballots, one for the general election and one for the special election to fill the vacant U.S. Senate seat. The party's problem with the single ballot is that people can vote a straight ticket once and that includes the race for U.S. Senate and the races for the general election. GOP Chairman Mike Stuart claims lawmakers meant for there to be two ballots when the Legislature passed new legislation this summer, and Tennant could have easily printed up two ballots instead of one. Hundreds of ballots have already been mailed overseas to military members and West Virginians living abroad.