(a) Any person who has applied for and received an absent voter's ballot but has not voted and returned the same to the official designated to supervise and conduct absentee voting may vote in person at the polls on election day provided he or she returns the absent voter's ballot to the election commissioners at the polling place. Upon return of the absent voter's ballot the election commissioners shall destroy the ballot in the presence of the voter, and one of the poll clerks shall make a notation of this fact as directed by instructions issued by the Secretary of State. In the event the person does not return the absent voter's ballot, he or she will have his or her vote challenged by one or more of the election commissioners or poll clerks.
(b) No person who has voted an absent voter's ballot may vote in person on the day of the election.
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