The deadline for registering to vote in the November general election is October 14, 2014. This is also the deadline for citizens to change their address or switch political parties. To check your registration or to download a registration form, visit the West Virginia Secretary of State’s website at http://www.sos.wv.gov/elections/voterinformation/VoterRegistration/Pages/default.aspx/

The Association’s Board of Directors has endorsed Congressional and legislative candidates (shown at the end of this Coal Bits) for the November 4, 2014 General Election.  Please note the endorsed candidates representing the districts where you reside or have operations and please support their candidacy however best you can.  Also, we encourage you to share these endorsements with your employees, families and friends as these candidates need all the votes possible.  Please call if you have questions or need more information.  

The Association’s Board of Directors has endorsed Congressional and legislative candidates (shown at the end of this Coal Bits) for the November 4, 2014 General Election.  Please note the endorsed candidates representing the districts where you reside or have operations and please support their candidacy however best you can.  Also, we encourage you to share these endorsements with your employees, families and friends as these candidates need all the votes possible.  Please call if you have questions or need more information.  

The deadline for registering to vote in the November general election is October 14, 2014. This is also the deadline for citizens to change their address or switch political parties. To check your registration or to download a registration form, visit the West Virginia Secretary of State’s website at http://www.sos.wv.gov/elections/voterinformation/VoterRegistration/Pages/default.aspx/

The Friends of Coal social media network is continuing its unprecedented growth, adding another 1,400 fans over the past 15 days, bringing out total footprint to 86,989 fans. During that period we made 645 posts and received 22,600 incoming comments from 12,400 unique users. In total, we garnered 850,000 impressions during the two-week period – up almost 100,000 from our previous report.

Over the past 90 days we added 16,200 new fans and 297 new Twitter followers. We made 7,200 posts and received 171,800 incoming messages and comments from 106,700 unique users. In total, we garnered 7.2 million impressions during the period.