Source: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2941%20intr.htm&yr=2013&sesstype=RS&i=2941
Timestamp: 2018-04-19 12:29:51
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hb2941 intr
[Introduced March 14, 2013 ; referred to the
That §3-2-24 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended be repealed; that §3-1-3 of said code be amended and reenacted; and that §3-2-2, §3-2-4a, §3-2-18, §3-2-19, §3-2-21, §3-2-23, §3-2-25 and §3-2-29 of said code be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
(7) "Confirmation pending records" means the records containing all required information for persons who have been identified to be included in the next succeeding mailing of address confirmation notices as set forth by the "National Voter Registration Act of 1993."(42 U.S.C. 1973gg)
__(b) For the purposes of this chapter or of any other provisions of this code relating to elections conducted under the provisions of this chapter, whenever a requirement is based on the number of registered voters, including, but not limited to, the number of ballots to be printed, the limitations on the size of a precinct, or the number of petition signatures required for election purposes, only those registrations included on the active voter registration files shall be counted and voter registrations included on the inactive voter registration files, as defined in this subdivision, shall not be counted.
__(b) (c) Active voter registration files records, confirmation pending records and inactive voter registration files records may be maintained in the same physical location or database, providing the records are coded, marked or arranged in such a way as to make the status of the registration immediately obvious. Canceled voter registration files records, pending application files records, and rejected application files records shall each may be maintained in separate physical locations. or databases. However, all such records shall be maintained in the statewide voter registration database, subject to a retention schedule.
(d) The records of all of the voters of all participating counties not identified pursuant to the procedures set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall be combined for comparison with United States Postal Service change of address information, as described in Section 8 (c)(A) of the "National Voter Registration Act of 1993" (42 U.S.C. 1973gg). The Secretary of State shall contract with an authorized vendor of the United States Postal Service to perform the comparison. Not less than thirty percent nor more than fifty percent of The cost of the change of address comparison procedure shall be paid for from the combined voter registration and licensing fund established in section twelve of this article and participating counties shall reimburse the fund for the balance of the cost prorated on a per voter basis the cost of the confirmation notices, labels and postage shall be paid for by the counties.