(a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, in counties using paper ballots systems or voting machines, the absentee ballots of each precinct, together with the applications for the absentee ballots, the affidavits made in connection with assistance in voting and any forms, lists and records as may be designated by the Secretary of State, are to be delivered in a sealed carrier envelope to the election commissioner of the precinct at the time he or she picks up the official ballots and other election supplies as provided in section twenty-four, article one of this chapter.
(b) Absentee ballots received after the election commissioner has picked up the official ballots and other election supplies for the precinct are to be delivered to the election commissioner of the precinct who has been designated pursuant to section twenty-four, article one of this chapter, by the official designated to supervise and conduct absentee voting in person or by messenger before the closing of the polls, provided the ballots are received by the official in time to make the delivery. Any ballots received by the official after the time that delivery may reasonably be made but within the time required as provided in subsection (g), section five of this article are to be delivered to the board of canvassers along with the provisional ballots.
Structure West Virginia Code
Article 3. Voting by Absentees
§3-3-1. Persons Eligible to Vote Absentee Ballots
§3-3-2. Authority to Conduct Absentee Voting; Absentee Voting Application; Form
§3-3-2a. Early Voting Areas; Prohibition Against Display of Campaign Material
§3-3-2b. Special Absentee Voting List
§3-3-3. Early Voting in Person
§3-3-4. Assistance to Voter in Voting an Absentee Ballot by Personal Appearance; Penalties
§3-3-5. Voting an Absentee Ballot by Mail or Electronically; Penalties
§3-3-5a. Processing Federal Postcard Applications
§3-3-5b. Procedures for Voting a Special Write-in Absentee Ballot by Qualified Persons
§3-3-5c. Procedures for Voting an Emergency Absentee Ballot by Qualified Voters
§3-3-6. Assistance to Voter in Voting an Absentee Ballot by Mail
§3-3-7. Delivery of Absentee Ballots to Polling Places
§3-3-8. Disposition and Counting of Absent Voters' Ballots
§3-3-9. Voting in Person After Having Received and After Having Voted an Absent Voter's Ballot
§3-3-10. Challenging of Absent Voters' Ballots
§3-3-11. Preparation, Number and Handling of Absent Voters' Ballots