Free, fair and trusted elections are integral to making our nation work. When that system comes under attack, it truly is necessary to identify those involved and allow the matter to work through the system.

The West Virginia Secretary of State’s office and Wetzel County Prosecutor Timothy Haught deserve credit for seeing through a local case in which illegal mailers were sent to thousands of voters during Wheeling’s municipal election. Just recently, Haught, a special prosecutor in the case, brought 22 misdemeanor charges against 41-year-old Anand Patel of Wheeling over his alleged role in sending out the mailings last year. (Haught on Tuesday did file a motion for nine of those charges to be dropped.)

It was just about 13 months ago when Wheeling residents started receiving election-re

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