Bill Text: WV HB2352 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Providing for political party platforms to be placed on ballots for certain primary elections

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-12 - To House Judiciary [HB2352 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2021-HB2352-Introduced.html

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WEST virginia legislature

2021 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 2352

By Delegate Higginbotham

[Introduced February 12, 2021; Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §3-1-52, relating to placing sections of political party platforms on the ballot for each primary election in a presidential election year.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS.

§3-1-52. Ballots to include platforms of political parties.

Notwithstanding other provisions in this code, for primary elections in each year that is a presidential election year, ballots shall contain each section of each political party’s platform for an up or down vote.

 

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide for political party platforms to be placed on ballots for certain primary elections.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.