At the expiration of twenty-two months after any election, the affidavits taken and returned by any registrar or any election officer, applications for absent voters' ballots, rejected absent voters' ballots, certificates of nominations of candidates, and the written designations of election officers and of ballot commissioners shall be destroyed. If the further preservation of any of the documents mentioned in this section shall be required by the order of the court, the same shall be destroyed at the expiration of the time fixed for the further preservation thereof by such order.
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