West Virginia Senate Bill 331 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on January 27 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-01-27 - To Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to require the Secretary of State to create a notarized statement of withdrawal form. The bill sets certain deadlines for the filing of a notarized statement of withdrawal form in order to have one’s name removed from the ballot. The bill sets a deadline for when the Secretary of State shall certify the names of the general election candidates to the counties. The bill prohibits the certification of the name of a candidate who filed a timely notarized statement of withdrawal. The bill clarifies the process for determining a candidate is disqualified. The bill removes the State Election Commission from the process of voluntary withdrawal of candidates. The bill authorizes an executive committee to replace a candidate who files a timely notarized statement of withdrawal and whose name would have otherwise appeared on the general election ballot. The bill sets and adjusts certain deadlines.

Relating to withdrawals and filling vacancies in candidacies

Sen. Corey Palumbo [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-27	Senate	To Judiciary
2015-01-27	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2015-01-27	Senate	To Judiciary
2015-01-27	Senate	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
3	5	11	Amended Code	Citation Text
3	5	18	Amended Code	Citation Text
3	5	19	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=331&year=2015&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb331%20intr.htm&yr=2015&sesstype=RS&i=331