In all precincts wherein two election boards shall have been appointed, the receiving board shall attend at the opening of the polls, shall open the polls, and shall proceed with the election. The counting board shall attend at the voting place not later than three hours after the opening of the polls, and shall take charge of the ballot box containing the ballots theretofore cast in that precinct. They shall retire to a partitioned room or space in the voting place and there proceed to count and tabulate the ballots cast, as they shall find them deposited in the ballot box. The receiving board shall continue to receive the vote of electors in the other box, until such time as the counting board shall have finished counting and tabulating the ballots cast in the first ballot box. The county board shall, before exchanging the ballot boxes as herein provided, seal the ballots counted by it in envelopes to be provided for the purpose, which shall not be opened until the two boards shall together proceed with counting, tabulating and summarizing the votes as by this chapter provided. The two boards shall then exchange the first box for the second box, and so continue until the hour of closing the polls arrives.
Structure West Virginia Code
Article 1. General Provisions and Definitions
§3-1-2. Scope of Chapter; Definitions
§3-1-3. Persons Entitled to Vote
§3-1-6. Municipal Voting Precincts
§3-1-7. Precinct Changes; Procedure; Precinct Record
§3-1-9. Political Party Committees; How Composed; Organization
§3-1-10. Party Committees in Office
§3-1-11. Powers of State Executive Committee; Central or Subcommittees; Party Emblems
§3-1-12. Members of National Party Committee
§3-1-13. Other Party or Group Committees
§3-1-14. Presidential Electors; How Chosen; Duties; Vacancies; Compensation
§3-1-15. Election of United States Senators and Congressmen
§3-1-16. Election of State Officers
§3-1-17. Election of Circuit Judges; County and District Officers; Magistrates
§3-1-18. Election to Fill Other Offices
§3-1-19. Ballot Commissioners; Selection; Duties Generally; Vacancies
§3-1-20. Cards of Instructions to Voters; Sample Ballots; Posting
§3-1-23. County Commission to Arrange Polling Places and Equipment; Requirements
§3-1-24. Obtaining and Delivering Election Supplies
§3-1-25. Supplies by Special Messenger
§3-1-26. Election Supplies in Emergencies
§3-1-27. Municipal Precinct Registration Records
§3-1-28. Election Officials; Eligibility, Suspension of Eligibility
§3-1-30a. Oaths of Election Commissioners and Poll Clerks, Substitution of Persons
§3-1-32. Opening and Closing Polls; Procedure
§3-1-33. How Elections Conducted by Double Boards
§3-1-35. Ballots to Be Furnished Voters
§3-1-36. Report on and Disposition of Ballots Spoiled or Not Used
§3-1-37. Restrictions on Presence and Conduct at Polls
§3-1-38. Disorder at Polls; Procedure
§3-1-39. Illegal Voting; Affidavit; Procedure
§3-1-43. Disposition of Miscellaneous Election Papers
§3-1-44. Compensation of Election Officials; Expenses
§3-1-45. Court Proceedings to Compel Performance of Duties, etc.
§3-1-46. Training Program for Election Officials
§3-1-49. Voting System Standards
§3-1-50. Establishment of State-Based Administrative Complaint Procedures
§3-1-51. Identity Verification of Voters Executing Voter Identity Affidavit