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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s top lawyer cleared the way Thursday for Gov. Joe Manchin to put a special election for the late Robert C. Byrd’s Senate seat on the November ballot.
Attorney General Darrell McGraw, responding to questions posed by Manchin a day earlier, concluded that the governor can declare a special election to fill what remains of Byrd’s term. Manchin sought the legal opinion after joining a growing push to hold a vote earlier than 2012, when Byrd would have faced re-election.
