Lawmaking Process
Where are future laws introduced for consideration?
What is the Senate or House of Delegates
This branch of WV government carries out or executes laws made by the Legislature or the Constitution. It also manages the daily affairs of the state. To help carry out its duties, West Virginia voters elect six key figures: The Governor, Secretary of State, State Auditor, Treasurer, Commissioner of Agriculture, Attorney General
What is the Executive Branch
This person was the patriarch of the Hatfield clan during the Hatfield-McCoy feud
Who was Devil Anse Hatfield
Current Secretary of State of West Virginia, responsible for overseeing the state's election process, including voter registration and election results reporting
Who is Mac Warner
There are 158 of these courts in West Virginia, at least two in every county and ten in the most populous county, Kanawha County. They hear misdemeanor cases, conduct preliminary examinations in felony cases and hear civil arguments with $5,000 or less in dispute. Nicknamed "the people's court"
What is the Magistrate Court
The governor does this to kill a bill
What is veto
The current governor of West Virginia
Who is Jim Justice
Made "...the calculations that helped sync Project Apollo's Lunar Lander with the moon-orbiting Command and Service Module."
Who was Katherine Johnson
Elected Attorney General of West Virginia in 2012, he is the first Republican to serve in the role since 1933
Who is Patrick Morrisey
This court handles matters such as child custody
What is a family court
The "reading stage" of a bill that is called the information stage, informing the members that the bill will be discussed.
What is the First Reading
A current senator and was a governor of West Virginia
Joe Manchin
The WV basketball player who's image is embedded in the NBA's logo
Who is Jerry West
U.S. President at the time West Virginia became a state
Who was President Abraham Lincoln
Highest court of five judges; usually sits at WV's State Capitol, but sometimes holds special sittings at various locations across the state. These judges serve 12 year terms
What is the WV Supreme Court of Appeals
How many Constitutions have been written for West Virginia
Two
The number of days a bill must sit on the governor's desk in order to become a law without his signature
What are five days
American author, Vietnam War veteran, and a former NASA engineer who trained the first Japanese astronauts. His 1998 memoir Rocket Boys was a New York Times Best Seller and was the basis for the 1999 film October Sky.
Who is Homer Hickam
Legislative body composed of 100 members from 67 delegate districts throughout the state. They serve two-year terms with all of the seats up for election every two years.
What is the House of Delegates
These courts across the state receive appeals from magistrate courts, municipal courts, and administrative agencies, excluding workers’ compensation appeals. This court also hears appeals of family court decisions unless both parties agree to appeal directly to the Supreme Court of Appeals.
Circuit Court
The number of votes must a bill have to be passed on to the governor
Simple Majority: House 51, Senate 18
Two-thirds: House 67, Senate 23
Four-fifths: House 80, Senate 28
This strict procedure is used to by both the House and Senate to conduct the legislative process by the rules of the body and constitutional requirements
Parliamentary Procedure
Proponent of African-American businesses and one of the founders of the National Negro Business League. First leader of the Tuskegee Institute, 1895, and author of the controversial "Atlanta compromise"
Who was Booker T. Washington
American lawyer, politician and judge who helped found the U.S. state of West Virginia. Raised in Tyler County, West Virginia, he served as WV's first Governor, and a United States Senator, and Wood County representative in the Virginia House of Delegates, and served as a circuit judge before and after his federal service
Who was Arthur Boreman
West Virginia’s fifty-five counties are divided into this many circuits with seventy-five circuit judges.
What is 31