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§3-1-1. Short Title; Purpose - This chapter shall constitute and may be cited as the...
§3-1-2. Scope of Chapter; Definitions - Unless restricted by the context, the provisions of this chapter...
§3-1-2a. Municipal Elections - (a) Notwithstanding other provisions of this code or of any...
§3-1-3. Persons Entitled to Vote - Citizens of the state shall be entitled to vote at...
§3-1-3a. Persons Entitled to Vote Under Federal Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970; Authority of Secretary of State - (1) Any citizen of the United States who is a...
§3-1-4. Manner of Voting - In all elections the mode of voting shall be by...
§3-1-5. Voting Precincts and Places Established; Number of Voters in Precincts; Precinct Map; Municipal Map - (a) The precinct is the basic territorial election unit. The...
§3-1-6. Municipal Voting Precincts - The governing bodies of all municipalities shall, for the purpose...
§3-1-7. Precinct Changes; Procedure; Precinct Record - (a) Subject to the provisions and limitations of section five...
§3-1-8. Political Party Defined; Parties or Groups That May Participate in Municipal Primary Elections - Any affiliation of voters representing any principle or organization which,...
§3-1-9. Political Party Committees; How Composed; Organization - (a) Every fourth year at the primary election, the voters...
§3-1-10. Party Committees in Office - The members of all state, congressional, senatorial, and county executive...
§3-1-11. Powers of State Executive Committee; Central or Subcommittees; Party Emblems - The state executive committee of each party may make such...
§3-1-12. Members of National Party Committee - The members of the national party executive committee of any...
§3-1-13. Other Party or Group Committees - The members of any political party which, at the last...
§3-1-14. Presidential Electors; How Chosen; Duties; Vacancies; Compensation - Electors of president and vice president of the United States...
§3-1-15. Election of United States Senators and Congressmen - At the general election in the year nineteen hundred and...
§3-1-16. Election of State Officers - (a) At the general election to be held in 1968,...
§3-1-17. Election of Circuit Judges; County and District Officers; Magistrates - (a) There shall be elected, at the time of the...
§3-1-18. Election to Fill Other Offices - If the Legislature shall hereafter create any elective office, or...
§3-1-19. Ballot Commissioners; Selection; Duties Generally; Vacancies - (a) In each county in the state, the Board of...
§3-1-20. Cards of Instructions to Voters; Sample Ballots; Posting - (a) The board of ballot commissioners of each county shall...
§3-1-21. Printing of Official and Sample Ballots; Number; Packaging and Delivery; Correction of Ballots - (a) The board of ballot commissioners for each county shall...
§3-1-21a. Vendors Authorized to Print Ballots; Eligibility; Application and Certification; Denial, Suspension and Revocation of Authorization; Appeal - (a) The printing of ballots for any election to be...
§3-1-22. County Court Clerks to Provide Election Supplies; Requirements for Poll Books and Ballot Boxes - The clerk of the county court of each county shall...
§3-1-23. County Commission to Arrange Polling Places and Equipment; Requirements - The county commission in each county, before each election, shall...
§3-1-24. Obtaining and Delivering Election Supplies - (a) It shall be the duty of the clerk of...
§3-1-25. Supplies by Special Messenger - In case any commissioner of election or poll clerk fails...
§3-1-26. Election Supplies in Emergencies - If, by any accident or casualty, the ballots or ballot...
§3-1-27. Municipal Precinct Registration Records - At least one day prior to every municipal election, it...
§3-1-28. Election Officials; Eligibility, Suspension of Eligibility - (a) To be eligible to be appointed or serve as...
§3-1-29. Boards of Election Officials; Definitions, Composition of Boards, Determination of Number and Type - (a) For the purpose of this article: (1) The term...
§3-1-30. Nomination and Appointment of Election Officials and Alternates; Notice of Appointment; Appointment to Fill Vacancies in Election Boards - NOTE: West Virginia Code 3-1-30 was amended by two bills...
§3-1-30a. Oaths of Election Commissioners and Poll Clerks, Substitution of Persons - (a) Each commissioner of election and poll clerk, as defined...
§3-1-31. Days and Hours of Elections; Scheduling of Local Elections; Extension or Shortening of Terms of Certain Elected Local Officials - (a) General elections shall be held in the several election...
§3-1-32. Opening and Closing Polls; Procedure - At the time of opening the polls in all precincts...
§3-1-33. How Elections Conducted by Double Boards - In all precincts wherein two election boards shall have been...
§3-1-34. Voting Procedures Generally; Identification; Assistance to Voters; Voting Records; Penalties - (a) A person desiring to vote in an election shall,...
§3-1-35. Ballots to Be Furnished Voters - In general and special elections the ballots for all voters...
§3-1-36. Report on and Disposition of Ballots Spoiled or Not Used - Any voter who shall spoil, deface or mutilate the ballot...
§3-1-37. Restrictions on Presence and Conduct at Polls - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person,...
§3-1-38. Disorder at Polls; Procedure - The commissioners of election shall preserve order at, and in...
§3-1-39. Illegal Voting; Affidavit; Procedure - (a) If at any time during the election any qualified...
§3-1-41. Challenged and Provisional Voter Procedures; Counting of Provisional Voters' Ballots; Ballots of Election Officials - (a) It is the duty of the members of the...
§3-1-42. Time Off for Voting - Every person entitled to vote at any election who may...
§3-1-43. Disposition of Miscellaneous Election Papers - At the expiration of twenty-two months after any election, the...
§3-1-44. Compensation of Election Officials; Expenses - (a) Each ballot commissioner is to be paid a sum,...
§3-1-45. Court Proceedings to Compel Performance of Duties, etc. - Any officer or person upon whom any duty is imposed...
§3-1-46. Training Program for Election Officials - (a) The Secretary of State in conjunction with the state...
§3-1-48. Legislative Findings; State Election Fund; Loans to Counties; Availability of Funds; Repayment of Loans; Grants to Counties for Election Systems - (a) Legislative findings. — The Help America Vote Act of...
§3-1-49. Voting System Standards - (a) In accordance with 42 U. S. C. §1530, et...
§3-1-50. Establishment of State-Based Administrative Complaint Procedures - (a) The Secretary of State shall establish and maintain a...
§3-1-51. Identity Verification of Voters Executing Voter Identity Affidavit - (a) The clerk of the county commission shall cause a...