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WV Code § 3-8-5f (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 3. Elections|Article 8. Regulation and Control of Elections|§3-8-5f. Loans to Candidates, Organizations or Persons for Election Purposes

(a) No candidate, financial agent, person or association of persons or organization advocating or opposing the nomination or election of any candidate or the passage or defeat of any issue or item to be voted upon may receive any money or any other thing of value as a loan toward election expenses except from the candidate, his or her spouse or a lending institution. All loans shall be evidenced by a written agreement executed by the lender, whether the candidate, his or her spouse, or the lending institution. Such agreement shall state the date and amount of the loan, the terms, including interest and repayment schedule, and a description of the collateral, if any, and the full names and addresses of all parties to the agreement. A copy of the agreement shall be filed with the financial statement next required after the loan is executed.(b) Loans may only be made in the regular course of business by a lending institution which is a state bank, a federally chartered depository institution (including a national bank) or a depository institution whose deposits are insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation or the national credit union administration. Such loans shall be subject to the following requirements:(1) Endorsements or guarantees of such loans may be made by the candidate or his or her spouse;(2) Endorsements or guarantees of such loans by parties other than the candidate or his or her spouse may be made only to the extent of the contribution limits established in this article; and(3) No other form of security shall be furnished in connection with such loans by any party other than the candidate or his or her spouse.(c) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit a candidate or his or her spouse from lending money to the candidate or to the candidate's political committee: Provided, That the spouse of a candidate may not borrow money from a third party other than a lending institution authorized to make loans under this section for the purposes of lending money to the candidate or the candidate's political committee.
WV Code § 3-8-5g (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 3. Elections|Article 8. Regulation and Control of Elections|§3-8-5g. Prohibition on Political Contributions and Expenditures by Foreign Nationals

(a) A foreign national may not, directly or indirectly, make:(1) A contribution or donation, or an express or implied promise to make a contribution or donation, to a candidates committee, a political committee, or a political party; or(2) An independent expenditure or any disbursement for an electioneering communication related to a state or local election.(b) A person may not solicit, accept, or receive a contribution or donation described in subsection (a) of this section.
WV Code § 3-8-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 3. Elections|Article 8. Regulation and Control of Elections|§3-8-6. Financial Statement Forms; Filing; Disposition

Blank forms for all financial statements required under this article shall be provided by the state election commission. The content of the forms shall be as prescribed by legislative rule promulgated in accordance with the provisions of chapter twenty-nine-a of this code. Pending legislative approval of such legislative rule, the state election commission may by emergency rule prescribe the contents of the forms. Copies thereof, together with a copy of this article, shall be furnished through the county clerk or otherwise, as the Secretary of State may deem expedient, to all treasurers of political committees, to all political financial agents, and to all candidates for nomination or election to any office, upon the filing of a petition or announcement for nomination, and to all other persons required by law to file such statements who shall apply therefor. The form shall also be furnished, at a nominal cost, on computer disc or magnetic media. All statements filed in accordance with the provisions of this article shall be received, endorsed and filed by the Secretary of State and county clerks, and shall be preserved for five years, after which time they may be destroyed, if not required to be further preserved by the order of any court.
WV Code § 3-8-9b (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 3. Elections|Article 8. Regulation and Control of Elections|§3-8-9b. Coordinated Expenditures by Political Party Committees and Political Party Caucuses in Connection With Certain Statewide Candidates

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of §3-8-9a of this code, the state committee of a political party and caucus campaign committee may make coordinated expenditures in an amount not to exceed $5,000 in connection with the general election campaign of the candidate for each of the following offices: Governor, Attorney General, Auditor, Commissioner of Agriculture, Secretary of State, Treasurer, State Senate, and House of Delegates.(b) Any communication that results from a political expenditure and is made in coordination with a state committee of a political party and caucus campaign committee must contain a disclaimer that clearly identifies that the expenditure is coordinated with the candidate or candidates committee with whom it was coordinated.
WV Code § 3-8-9c (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 3. Elections|Article 8. Regulation and Control of Elections|§3-8-9c. Joint Fundraising

(a) Political committees may engage in joint fund-raising efforts with other political committees or with committees registered with the Federal Election Commission pursuant to a written joint fund-raising agreement.(b) A written joint fund-raising agreement must be filed with the Secretary of State and must provide terms for the allocation of fund-raising proceeds between or among political committees engaging in the joint fund-raising effort. The Secretary of State shall post all joint fund-raising agreements on the Internet within 10 business days from the date the agreement is filed.(c) Any person soliciting funds for a joint fund-raising effort shall disclose, in making or publishing solicitations, the name of all political committees involved in the joint fund-raising effort and how any proceeds, including any contributions, will be allocated between or among such committees.(d) A person, not otherwise prohibited by this article from making contributions, may make a contribution to a joint fund-raising effort subject to the contribution limits in §3-8-5c of this code.(e) The State Election Commission shall propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with §29A-3-1 et seq. of this code to provide requirements for written joint fund-raising agreements and to implement the provisions of this section consistently, insofar as practicable, with the rules and regulations promulgated by the Federal Election Commission in 11 C.F.R. §102.17.
WV Code § 3-8-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 3. Elections|Article 8. Regulation and Control of Elections|§3-8-10. Use of Certain Contributions

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, amounts received by a candidate as contributions that are in excess of any amount necessary to defray his or her expenditures may be:(1) Used by the candidate to defray any usual and customary expenses incurred in connection with his or her duties as a holder of public office; and (2) Contributed by the candidate, after the general election, to:(A) Any charitable organization or subsequent campaign by the same candidate, without limitation;(B) Any national committee in accordance with federal requirements;(C) Any state party executive committee or state party legislative caucus committee, in an amount not to exceed $15,000 in a calendar year; or (D) Any local committee of any political party or any other candidate for public office, in accordance with the existing limitations on contributions.(b) The State Election Commission shall promulgate emergency and legislative rules, in accordance with the provisions of chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, to establish guidelines for the administration of this section.
WV Code § 3-8-11 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 3. Elections|Article 8. Regulation and Control of Elections|§3-8-11. Specific Acts Forbidden; Penalties

(a) Any person who shall, directly or indirectly, by himself, or by any other person on his behalf, make use of, or threaten to make use of, any force, violence or restraint, or inflict, or threaten to inflict, any damage, harm or loss, upon or against any person, or by any other means attempt to intimidate or exert any undue influence, in order to induce such person to vote or refrain from voting, or on account of such person having voted or refrained from voting, at any election, or who shall, by abduction, duress or any fraudulent device or contrivance, impede or prevent the free exercise of the suffrage by any elector, or shall thereby compel, induce or prevail upon any elector either to vote or refrain from voting for or against any particular candidate or measure; or(b) Any person who, being an employer, or acting for or on behalf of any employer, shall give any notice or information to his employees, containing any threat, either express or implied, intended or calculated to influence the political view or actions of the workmen or employees; or(c) Any person who shall, knowingly, make or publish, or cause to be made or published, any false statement in regard to any candidate, which statement is intended or tends to affect any voting at any election whatever; or(d) Any person who shall pay any owner, publisher, editor or employee or any newspaper or other periodical, to advocate or oppose editorially, any candidate for nomination or election, or any political party, or any measure to be submitted to the vote of the people; or any owner, publisher, editor or employee, who shall solicit or accept such payment:Is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $10,000, or confined in jail for not more than one year, or, in the discretion of the court, shall be subject to both such fine and imprisonment.
WV Code § 3-8-13 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 3. Elections|Article 8. Regulation and Control of Elections|§3-8-13. Parties Liable and Subject to Penalties

In all cases of violation of the provisions of this article by any partnership, committee, association, corporation, or other organization or group of persons, the officers, directors, or managing or controlling heads thereof, who knowingly and willingly participate in such violation, shall be subject to the penalties and punishments provided herein.
WV Code § 3-8-14 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 3. Elections|Article 8. Regulation and Control of Elections|§3-8-14. Effective Date of Certain Criminal Offenses

The criminal offenses created in sections two, seven and twelve of this article by the provisions of Enrolled Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 402 during the fourth extraordinary session, two thousand five, shall be effective ninety days from passage.
WV Code § 3-8-15 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 3. Elections|Article 8. Regulation and Control of Elections|§3-8-15. Disclosure of Contributions During Legislative Session

(a) In addition to other reporting required under this article, any member, or any candidate committee for a member of the Legislature who is a candidate for legislative office, who has a fund-raising event while the Legislature is in session, shall disclose the existence of the event and the receipt of all contributions, including the source and amounts, within five business days after the fund-raising event. (b) The reporting requirements under this section also apply to former candidates or candidate committees for legislative office who are still holding any legislative office and who use a fund-raising event to retire or pay-off debt of a campaign account while the Legislature is in session. (c) The reporting requirements of this section do not relieve a candidate or candidate’s committee from reporting contributions received and disclosed in conformity with this section from reporting them as required by the regular reporting requirements as contained in section five of this article.(d) The Secretary of State shall prepare a form for disclosure of these contributions and publish the information on the Secretary of State’s website within forty-eight hours of the Secretary of State receiving the completed form: Provided, That as an alternative, the Secretary of State is authorized to establish a means for electronic filing and disclosure. (e) Pursuant to article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, the Secretary of State may propose rules and emergency rules for legislative approval relating to procedures and policies consistent with this section.
WV Code § 3-9-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 3. Elections|Article 9. Offenses and Penalties|§3-9-2. Unlawful Printing, Possession or Delivery of Ballots; Penalties

No one, except the person employed and authorized by the ballot commissioners to do so, shall print any ballot for any election. No person engaged or employed in printing such ballots shall deliver any ballot to any person except a member of the board of ballot commissioners, or knowingly permit any other person to obtain possession of any ballot; or print, or cause to be printed, any ballot in any other form, or with the names of any other persons thereon, or with the names thereon spelled or arranged in any other manner than that prescribed by the ballot commissioners. No person shall print, have in his possession, or deliver, any imitation ballot having a similitude or likeness to the official ballot, and which would be calculated to deceive: Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall prohibit any person from printing or having in his possession a sample ballot printed on paper of a color different from the official ballot, and not calculated to deceive. Any person violating any provision of this section shall be guilty of a felony, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for not less than one nor more than ten years.Any person who shall unlawfully take or remove, with or without the consent of the lawful custodian thereof, any ballot from the place at which such ballots are lawfully kept for the time being; or unlawfully remove or attempt to remove any ballot from the election room; or have in his possession outside of the election room during the election any ballot, shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than five years, or, in the discretion of the court, be confined in jail for not more than one year.
WV Code § 3-9-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 3. Elections|Article 9. Offenses and Penalties|§3-9-3. False Swearing; Penalties

(a) If any election official, or other person, making any affidavit required under any provision of this chapter, shall therein knowingly swear falsely, or if any person shall counsel, advise, aid or abet another in the commission of false swearing, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction therefor shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $1,000 and imprisoned in the county jail for a period of not more than one year.(b) If any person making any declaration required under any provision of this chapter shall knowingly make a false statement or representation therein, or if any person shall counsel, advise, aid or abet another to make such a declaration containing any false statement or representation, any such person shall be deemed to be guilty of false swearing although no oath was administered, and such offense is hereby declared to be a misdemeanor. Upon conviction of such offense, any such person shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $1,000 and imprisoned in the county jail for a period of not more than one year.
WV Code § 3-9-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 3. Elections|Article 9. Offenses and Penalties|§3-9-4. Commissioner's Failure to Procure or Return Supplies; Penalties

Any commissioner of election designated to call for and deliver election supplies as provided in article one of this chapter who shall wilfully or negligently fail to appear at the offices of the clerks of the circuit and county courts of his county and procure and deliver such supplies, or who shall wilfully or negligently fail or refuse to return such supplies, as provided in articles five and six of this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $10 nor more than $100.
WV Code § 3-9-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 3. Elections|Article 9. Offenses and Penalties|§3-9-5. Destruction or Removal of Election Supplies and Equipment; Attempts; Penalties

If any person shall, during the election, remove or destroy any of the supplies or other conveniences placed in the booths or compartments as aforesaid, or delivered to the voter for the purpose of enabling the voter to prepare his ballot or shall, during an election, remove, tear down or deface, the cards printed for the instruction of the voters, or shall, during an election, destroy or remove any booths or other convenience provided for such election, or shall induce or attempt to induce any person to commit any of such acts, whether or not any of such acts be committed, or attempted to be committed, then such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, 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 § 3-9-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 3. Elections|Article 9. Offenses and Penalties|§3-9-6. Unauthorized Presence in Election Room; 100-Foot Limit; Penalties

If any person, not herein authorized so to do, enters or attempts to enter the election room, except upon a lawful errand and for a proper purpose, or remains within 100 feet of the outside entrance to the building housing the polling place, contrary to the provisions of this chapter, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $500, or confined in the county jail for not more than 30 days.Excepting those individuals provided for expressly in this or other sections of the code, only full-time employees of the Secretary of States office or full-time employees of the respective county offices of the county clerk or the county prosecutor may enter or otherwise disturb the polling place.
WV Code § 3-9-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 3. Elections|Article 9. Offenses and Penalties|§3-9-7. Wrongful Refusal or Allowance of Votes; Malicious or Frivolous Challenges; Penalties

Any election officer who refuses the vote of a duly registered and qualified voter, whom he knows is entitled to vote or who accepts the vote of a person whom he knows to be not lawfully registered, without challenging such persons, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, 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.Any person who shall maliciously or frivolously, and without probable cause, challenge the right of any person to vote, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, be fined not more than $100 or confined in the county jail for not more than ninety days, or both, in the discretion of the court.
WV Code § 3-9-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 3. Elections|Article 9. Offenses and Penalties|§3-9-8. Distinguishing Marks on Ballots; Conspiracies; Penalties

If any person shall induce, or attempt to induce, any voter to write, paste or otherwise place on his ballot the name of any person, or any sign or device of any kind, as a distinguishing mark by which to indicate to any other person how such voter voted, or shall enter into or attempt to form any agreement or conspiracy with any other person to induce or attempt to induce a voter to so place a distinguishing name or mark on his ballot, whether or not such act be committed or attempted to be committed, such person so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $1,000, or be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than one year, or both, in the discretion of the court.
WV Code § 3-9-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 3. Elections|Article 9. Offenses and Penalties|§3-9-9. Electioneering Defined; Unlawful Acts at Polling Places; Exceptions; Penalties

(a) As used in this section, “electioneering” means the displaying of signs or other campaign paraphernalia, the distribution of campaign literature, cards, or handbills, the soliciting of signatures to any petition, or the solicitation of votes for or against any bona fide candidate or ballot question in a manner which expressly advocates the election or defeat of the candidate or expressly advocates the passage or defeat of the ballot question. “Electioneering” does not include exit polling, so long as persons conducting exit polling are not otherwise engaging in electioneering activities described above, or bumper stickers or signs affixed to a person’s vehicle which is parked within or passing through a distance of one hundred feet of the entrance to a polling place while such person is voting or transporting any voter to the polls.(b) No officer of election may disclose to any person the name of any candidate for whom a voter has voted. No officer of election may do any electioneering on election day.(c) No person may do any electioneering on election day within any polling place, or within one hundred feet of the outside entrance to the building housing the polling place. No person may do any electioneering in the polling place or within one hundred feet of the outside entrance of any polling place where early voting is conducted during the period in which early voting is offered during the hours while such early voting is actually taking place. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit a citizen from doing any electioneering upon his or her own private property, regardless of distance from the polling place, so long as that electioneering conforms to other existing laws and ordinances.(d) No person may apply for or receive any ballot in any polling place, other than that in which the person is entitled to vote, nor may any person examine a ballot which any voter has prepared for voting, or solicit the voter to show the same, nor ask, nor make any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any voter, to vote an open ballot. No person, except a commissioner of election, may receive from any voter a ballot prepared by him or her for voting. No voter may receive a ballot from any person other than one of the poll clerks; nor may any person other than a poll clerk deliver a ballot to a commissioner of election to be voted by such commissioner. No voter may deliver any ballot to a commissioner of election to be voted, except the one he or she receives from the poll clerk. No voter may place any mark upon his or her ballot, or suffer or permit any other person to do so, by which it may be afterward identified as the ballot voted by him or her. (e) Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, or confined in jail for not more than one year, or both fined and confined.