State Journal: Constitutional cleanup; Public relations

The 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education rendered moot a provision of the West Virginia constitution barring integrated schools, but state lawmakers nonetheless decided this year that it's about time to strike the language from the constitution.

A question on the state's November ballot asks voters to repeal a section that states: "White and colored persons shall not be taught in the same school."

The ballot measure would also remove references to paupers and male voters and reduce the residency requirement for...