No office on the ballot in 2000 is filled from a magisterial district. However, eligibility requirements of county commissioners and board of education members include residence in an open magisterial district. Click here for a chart of the counties showing the Congressional, State Senate and House of Delegate districts which represent each county, and the number of magisterial districts found there. Official political parties have automatic access to place their nominees on the general election ballot. Each party has a state executive committee, and the Democratic and Republican parties also have county executive committees in each county.
Some state laws control how parties run, but most rules are made by the party itself.
A group which organizes to represent different political ideals can become an official party in West Virginia. Until a group becomes an official party, it's candidates may be nominated for the general election ballot by petition. Only after a minor party's candidate for governor polls one percent of the vote in a general election does the minor party become an official party. The number of delegates and the method of selecting delegates to the national party convention of an official party is generally controlled by national party rules and the national delegate selection plan. Contact your state party headquarters for more information.