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WV Code § 3-2-29 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 3. Elections|Article 2. Registration of Voters|§3-2-29. Custody of Original Registration Records

(a) All original registration records in paper format shall remain in the custody of the county commission, by its clerk, or, electronically, in the statewide voter registration database and shall not be removed except for use in an election or by the order of a court of record or in compliance with a subpoena duces tecum issued by the Secretary of State pursuant to the provisions of section six, article one-a of this chapter.(b) All original voter registration records shall be retained for a minimum of five years following the last recorded activity relating to the record, except that any application which duplicates and does not alter an existing registration shall be retained for a minimum of two years following its receipt: Provided, That following approval by the Secretary of State pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, the clerk of the county commission may destroy original registration records that have been retained for a period of time if an exact digital or facsimile copy of each of the records is made and stored in an electronic format in a secure manner on one or more servers under the control of the clerk of the county commission. Digital or facsimile copies may include but are not limited to PDF or JPEG formats. The Secretary of State shall promulgate rules pursuant to the provisions of chapter twenty-nine-a of this code for the specific retention times and procedures required for original voter registration records.(c) Prior to the destruction of original voter registration applications or registration cards of voters whose registration has been canceled at least five years previously, the clerk of the county commission shall notify the Secretary of State of the intention to destroy those records. If the Secretary of State determines, within ninety days of the receipt of the notice, that those records are of sufficient historical value that microfilm or other permanent data storage is desirable, the Secretary of State may require that the records be delivered to a specified location for processing at state expense.(d) Active, inactive, pending, rejected, and canceled registration records shall be maintained as a permanent record, as follows:(1) Individual canceled registration records shall be maintained in the statewide voter registration database for a period of at least five years following cancellation. Upon the expiration of five years, those individual records may be removed from the statewide voter registration database and disposed of in accordance with the appropriate document retention policy.(2) Rejected registration records shall be maintained in the same manner as provided for cancelled registration records.
WV Code § 3-2-31 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 3. Elections|Article 2. Registration of Voters|§3-2-31. Rules Pertaining to Voting After Registration or Change of Address Within the County

(a) A voter who designates a political affiliation with a major party on a registration application filed no later than the close of voter registration before the primary may vote the ballot of that political party in the primary election. Political parties, through the official action of their state executive committees, shall be permitted to determine whether unaffiliated voters or voters of other parties shall be allowed to vote that party's primary election ballot upon request.(b) A voter whose registration record lists one residence address but the voter has since moved to another residence address within the precinct shall be permitted to update the registration at the polling place and vote without challenge for that reason.(c) A voter whose registration record lists one residence address but the voter has since moved to another residence address in a different precinct in the same county shall be permitted to update the registration at the polling place serving the new precinct and shall be permitted to vote a challenged or provisional ballot at the new polling place. If the voter's registration is found on the registration records within the county during the canvass and no other challenge of eligibility was entered on election day, the challenge shall be removed and the ballot shall be counted.(d) A voter whose registration record has been placed on an inactive status or transferred to an inactive file and who has not responded to a confirmation notice sent pursuant to the provisions of section twenty-four, twenty-five or twenty-six of this article and who offers to vote at the polling place where he or she is registered to vote shall be required to affirm his or her present residence address under penalty of perjury, as provided in section thirty-six of this article.
WV Code § 3-2-32 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 3. Elections|Article 2. Registration of Voters|§3-2-32. Unlawful Registration or Rejection of Voter; Penalties

(a) Any registrar or clerk of the county commission who knowingly registers or permits to be registered a person not lawfully entitled to be registered, or who knowingly refuses to register a person entitled to be registered, or who knowingly assists in preventing such person from being registered, or who inserts or intentionally permits to be inserted a name or other entry in any registration form or file, knowing or having reason to know that the entry should not be made, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than one $1,000 or confined in the county jail for not more than one year, or both, in the discretion of the court.(b) Any person who registers or applies to be registered, or persuades or assists another to be registered, or who applies for a change of residence address, knowing or having reason to know that he or she is not entitled to be registered or to have his or her residence address changed on the registration record, or any person who declares an address known not to be his or her legal residence or who impersonates another in an application for registration, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or confined in the county jail for not more than one year, or both, in the discretion of the court.
WV Code § 3-2-33 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 3. Elections|Article 2. Registration of Voters|§3-2-33. Neglect of Duty by Registration Officers; Penalties

Any registrar or clerk of the county commission or his or her authorized deputies or any other persons upon whom a duty is imposed pursuant to the provisions of this article, or the rules, regulations or directions promulgated or issued by the Secretary of State as the chief registration official of the state, who shall willfully delay, neglect or refuse to perform such duty, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or confined in the county jail for not more than one year, or both, in the discretion of the court.
WV Code § 3-2-34 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 3. Elections|Article 2. Registration of Voters|§3-2-34. Alteration or Destruction of Records; Penalties

(a) Any person who wrongfully and intentionally inserts or permits to be wrongfully inserted any name or material entry on any registration form, file or any other record in connection with registration, or who wrongfully alters or destroys an entry which has been duly made, or who wrongfully takes and removes any such registration form, or any other record authorized or required in connection with registration from the custody of any person having lawful charge thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or confined in the county jail for not more than one year, or both, in the discretion of the court.(b) Any person, in the absence of specific authority provided under the provisions of this article, who destroys or attempts to destroy any registration document or record, or who removes or attempts to remove such registration document or record, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 or confined in the county jail for not more than one year, or both, in the discretion of the court.
WV Code § 3-2-35 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 3. Elections|Article 2. Registration of Voters|§3-2-35. Withholding Information; Penalties

Any person who neglects to or refuses to furnish to the Secretary of State, to the county commission, or to the clerk of the county commission any information which he or she is authorized to obtain in connection with registration, or to exhibit any records, papers or documents herein authorized to be inspected by them, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $1,000, or confined in the county jail for not more than one year, or both, at the discretion of the court.
WV Code § 3-2-36 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 3. Elections|Article 2. Registration of Voters|§3-2-36. Crimes and Offenses Relating to Applications for Registration or Change of Registration; Penalties

(a) A person who willfully provides false information concerning a material matter or thing on an application for registration or change of registration, under oath, affirmation or attestation, shall be deemed guilty of perjury; one who induces or procures another person to do so shall be deemed guilty of subordination of perjury.(b) A person who knowingly offers any application for registration or transfer of registration when the applicant therein is not qualified to register or transfer his registration, or any person who knowingly administers an oath or affirmation to an applicant for registration or change of registration when the application contains false information concerning a material matter or thing, or any person who falsely represents that an oath or affirmation was executed by an applicant for registration or change of registration, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one year nor more than three years, or fined not less than $500 nor more than $5,000, or both fined and imprisoned, or, in the discretion of the court, be confined in the county jail for not more than one year, or fined not less than $500 nor more than $5,000, or both fined and imprisoned.
WV Code § 3-2-37 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 3. Elections|Article 2. Registration of Voters|§3-2-37. Effective Date

(a) Except as may otherwise be specifically provided in this section, the provisions of this article shall take effect on January 1, 1995. The provisions of this article relating to the preparation for implementation of voter registration programs and procedures under this article and under the "National Voter Registration Act of 1993" (42 U.S.C. 1973gg), including sections three, five, twelve and thirteen of this article and subsections (a) and (b), section fourteen of this article and subdivision (4), subsection (b), section nineteen of this article and section twenty of this article, shall take effect upon the effective date of this article.(b) All procedures and requirements established by the previous enactment of this article, except the provisions of subsection (d), section twenty-two of this article, shall continue in effect until December 31, 1994 inclusive, as if article two of this chapter had not been amended.
WV Code § 3-3-1a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 3. Elections|Article 3. Voting by Absentees|§3-3-1a. Definitions

For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following definitions:(1) "Disability" means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.(2) "Physical disability" means a physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities and renders a person unable to vote in person, at the polls, without assistance.
WV Code § 3-3-3a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 3. Elections|Article 3. Voting by Absentees|§3-3-3a. Voting Absent Voter's Ballot by Personal Appearance in Saturday Elections for Religious Reasons

(a) In addition to the persons declared eligible to vote absent voters' ballots pursuant to the provisions of section one of this article, duly registered and otherwise qualified voters who are members of a religious denomination with an established history of observing Saturday as the sabbath may vote absentee by personal appearance in any election to be held on a Saturday.(b) Application for an absent voter's ballot authorized by the provisions of this section shall be made on a form prescribed by the Secretary of State. The procedures for voting by personal appearance set forth in section three of this article, to the extent not in conflict with the provisions of this section, shall otherwise govern the procedures herein.
WV Code § 3-3-5a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 3. Elections|Article 3. Voting by Absentees|§3-3-5a. Processing Federal Postcard Applications

When a federal postcard registration and absentee ballot request (FPCA), as defined in subdivision (2), subsection (b), section two of this article, is received by the official designated to supervise and conduct absentee voting, the official shall examine the application and take the following steps:(1) The official shall first enter the name of the applicant in the permanent absentee voter's record for each election for which a ballot is requested, make a photocopy of the application for each election for which a ballot is requested and place the separate copies in secure files to be maintained for use in the various elections.(2) The official designated to supervise and conduct absentee voting shall determine if the applicant is registered to vote at the residence address listed in the voting residence section of the application. If the applicant is not registered, or not registered at the address given, the official shall deliver the original FPCA to the clerk of the county commission for processing, and the clerk of the county commission shall process the application as an application for registration and, if the application is received after the close of voter registration for the next succeeding election, the official shall challenge the absentee ballot for that election.(3) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this section, the federal application for an absentee ballot received from a person qualified to use the application as provided in section two of this article is to be processed as all other applications and the ballot or ballots for each election for which ballots are requested by the applicant is to be mailed to the voter on the first day on which both the application and the ballot are available.
WV Code § 3-3-5b (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 3. Elections|Article 3. Voting by Absentees|§3-3-5b. Procedures for Voting a Special Write-in Absentee Ballot by Qualified Persons

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a person qualified to vote an absentee ballot in accordance with subdivision (3), subsection (d), section one of this article may apply not earlier than January 1, of an election year for a special write-in absentee ballot for a primary or general election, in conjunction with the application for a regular absentee ballot or ballots. If the application is received after the forty-ninth day preceding the election, the official designated to supervise and conduct absentee voting shall honor only the application for local, state and federal offices in general, special and primary elections.(b) The application for a special write-in absentee ballot may be made on the federal postcard application form.(c) In order to qualify for a special write-in absentee ballot, the voter must state that he or she is unable to vote by regular absentee ballot or in person due to requirements of military service or due to living in isolated areas or extremely remote areas of the world. This statement may be made on the federal postcard application or on a form prepared by the Secretary of State and supplied and returned with the special write-in absentee ballot.(d) Upon receipt of the application within the time required, the official designated to supervise and conduct absentee voting shall issue the special write-in absentee ballot which is to be the same ballot issued under the provisions of 42 U.S.C. §1973, et seq., the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act of 1986. The ballot is to permit the elector to vote in a primary election by indicating his or her political party affiliation and the names of the specific candidates for each office, and in a general election by writing in a party preference for each office, the names of specific candidates for each office, or the name of the person whom the voter prefers for each office.(e) When a special federal write-in ballot is received by the official designated to supervise and conduct absentee voting from a voter: (1) Who mailed the write-in ballot from any location within the United States; (2) who did not apply for a regular absentee ballot; (3) who did not apply for a regular absentee ballot by mail; or (4) whose application for a regular absentee ballot by mail was received less than thirty days before the election, the write-in ballot may not be counted.(f) Any write-in absentee ballot must be received by the official designated to supervise and conduct absentee voting prior to the close of the polls on election day or it may not be counted.
WV Code § 3-3-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 3. Elections|Article 3. Voting by Absentees|§3-3-6. Assistance to Voter in Voting an Absentee Ballot by Mail

 (a) No voter shall receive any assistance in voting an absentee ballot by mail unless he or she shall make a declaration at the time he or she makes application for an absentee ballot that because of blindness, physical disability, advanced age, or inability to read or write he or she requires assistance in voting an absentee ballot.(b) Upon receipt of an absentee ballot by mail, the voter who requires assistance in voting such ballot and who has indicated he or she requires such assistance and the reasons therefor on the application may select any eligible person to assist him or her in voting.(c) The person providing assistance in voting an absentee ballot by mail shall make an affidavit on a form as may be prescribed by the Secretary of State, that he or she will not in any manner request, seek to persuade, or induce the voter to vote any particular ticket or for any particular candidate or for or against any public question; that he or she will not keep or make any memorandum or entry of anything occurring within the voting booth or compartment; and that he or she will not, directly or indirectly, reveal to any person the name of any candidate voted for by the voter, which ticket the voter voted, or how the voter voted on any public question, or anything occurring within the voting booth, compartment, or voting machine booth, except when required, pursuant to law, in a judicial proceeding.(d) The term "assistance in voting", as used in this section, means assistance in physically marking the official absentee ballot for a voter or reading or directing the voters attention to any part of the official absentee ballot.
WV Code § 3-3-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 3. Elections|Article 3. Voting by Absentees|§3-3-7. Delivery of Absentee Ballots to Polling Places

(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.
WV Code § 3-3-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 3. Elections|Article 3. Voting by Absentees|§3-3-8. Disposition and Counting of Absent Voters' Ballots

(a) In counties using paper ballots, all absentee ballots shall be processed as follows:(1) The ballot boxes containing the absentee ballots shall be opened in the presence of the clerk of the county commission and two representatives of opposite political parties;(2) The ballots shall be separated by precincts as stated on the sealed envelopes containing the ballots; and(3) Absentee ballots shall be delivered to the polls to be opened and counted in accordance with section thirty-three, article one of this chapter, section fifteen, article five of this chapter; and section six, article six of this chapter. Disclosure of any results before the voting has been closed and the precinct returns posted on the door of the polling place shall be a per se violation of the oath taken by the counting board. In all other counties, counting is to begin immediately after closing of the polls.(b) In counties using optical scan systems, the absentee ballots shall be processed as follows:(1) On election day, the ballot boxes containing the absentee ballots shall be delivered to the central counting center and opened in the presence of the clerk of the county commission and two representatives of opposite political parties; and(2) The absentee ballots shall be counted in accordance with section twenty-seven, article four-a of this chapter.(c) In counties using direct recording elections systems, the absentee ballots shall be counted as follows:(1) On election day, the ballot boxes containing the paper absentee ballots shall be delivered to the central counting center and opened in the presence of the clerk of the county commission and two representatives of opposite political parties; and(2) Each absentee ballot shall be recorded on a direct recording voting terminal designated by the clerk of the county commission as the terminal for absentee tabulations, after being read aloud by a separate team of two representatives of opposite political parties; and(3) The ballot shall be verified by both teams as being accurately printed on the paper receipt before the ballot is tabulated; and(4) The appropriate election officials shall follow the procedures set out in subsections (a), (b), (d) and (e), section twenty-seven, article four-a of this chapter and subdivisions (3), (4), (5) and (6), subsection (c) of said section.(d) The provisional ballots shall be deposited in a provisional ballot envelope and delivered to the board of canvassers.(e) Any election official who determines a person has voted an absent voter's ballot and has also voted at the polls on election day must report the fact to the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the votes were cast.