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WVHB5126Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to reduce the chances of election fraud by clarifying requirements for voter registration.
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2024-01-25
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB5129Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to ban the unsolicited distribution of absentee applications by third parties and election officials.
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2024-01-25
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB5060Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to allow partisan elections for county board of education members.
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2024-01-24
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4428Engross
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The purpose of this bill is to require candidates to live in the state or local election district for the office for which they are seeking to be elected.
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2024-01-23
To Senate Judiciary Committee
WVHB5035Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to require voter ID cards to come with a photograph of the voter.
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2024-01-23
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB5030Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to modify the penalties for election interference.
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2024-01-23
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4955Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to modify the law relating to the nonpartisan election of county superintendents of schools. The bill provides general provisions for such an election. The bill specifies the arrangement of the ballot to include such offic...
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2024-01-22
To House Education Committee
WVHB4836Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to modernize procedures for access to, and security for, voting in public elections.
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2024-01-17
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4843Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the use of school resources in election advocacy efforts. The bill also prohibits school employees from political activity during work hours or engaging in such activity on behalf of the school administration.
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2024-01-17
To House Education Committee
WVSB480Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to clarify the uniform statewide deadline for electronically submitted voter registration applications.
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2024-01-17
To Senate Government Organization Committee
WVHB4788Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to change the date when mail in ballots are due
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2024-01-16
To House Judiciary Committee
WVSB464Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to establish residency requirements for candidates seeking nomination and election to United States Congress.
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2024-01-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee
WVHB4805Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to create a division of election crimes and security within the office of the Secretary of State and give the Secretary of State the authority to recommend prosecution to the appropriate judicial jurisdiction.
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2024-01-16
To House Judiciary Committee
WVSB157Engross
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The purpose of this bill is to the require residency of a person within the district or county he or she will represent for one year prior to any appointment to a vacancy in the office of State Senator or as a member of the House of Delegates.
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2024-01-15
To House Judiciary Committee
WVSB150Engross
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Clarifying when magistrate vacancies shall be filled
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2024-01-15
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4725Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to provide for a runoff election in certain nonpartisan elections where no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the votes cast in an election.
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2024-01-15
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4699Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to prevent those persons who have attempted to prevent any free election from running for and holding any elective office.
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2024-01-15
To House Judiciary Committee
WVSB356Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to provide voters with the ability to identify and verify their ballot cast in a statewide election in West Virginia.
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2024-01-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee
WVSB328Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to provide voters with the ability to identify and verify their ballot cast in a statewide election held in West Virginia.
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2024-01-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee
WVHB4675Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to require that in elections for candidates for public office, all registered voters shall produce a valid identifying document containing a photograph in order to vote.
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2024-01-12
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4664Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to require, effective January 1, 2026, that each County Commission shall adopt a policy extending the emergency absentee voting procedures.
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2024-01-12
To House Political Subdivisions Committee
WVSB349Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to provide for election reforms. The bill clarifies contents of a certificate of announcement. The bill clarifies the timing of a challenge to candidate qualifications. Finally, the bill limits the authority of political p...
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2024-01-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee
WVSB384Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to permit registered voters to vote an absentee ballot by mail in all circumstances.
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2024-01-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee
WVHB4018Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to establish a procedure for election observers during any election and at any voting or ballot-reviewing and ballot-counting location within this state.
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2024-01-11
To House Judiciary Committee
WVSB249Intro
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Increasing transparency in apportionment process for congressional and legislative districts
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2024-01-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee
WVSB244Intro
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Clarifying residency requirements for voter registration
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2024-01-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee
WVSB245Intro
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Requiring municipal elections to be held on same day as statewide elections
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2024-01-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee
WVSB203Intro
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Requiring political action committee to disclose contributors' names and addresses to Secretary of State
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2024-01-11
To Senate Government Organization Committee
WVSB247Intro
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Relating to modernization of procedures for voting in public elections
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2024-01-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee
WVSB233Intro
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Relating to nomination and election of congressional candidates
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2024-01-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee
WVHB4545Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to allow voters 65 and older to vote absentee.
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2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4354Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to provide voters with the ability to identify and verify their ballot cast in a statewide election held in West Virginia.
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2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4467Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to prohibit an agency of state or local government, including an employer, or contractor, from automatically registering to vote any eligible person without first obtaining an explicit, written consent to be registered to ...
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2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4547Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to remove the prohibition on persons convicted of certain felonies from voter registration and to allow persons to re-register to vote following completion of their sentence or pardon; requiring the Division of Corrections...
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2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4466Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to repeal the article relating to electronic voting systems.
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2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4461Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to require the Secretary of State to refer potential election fraud to the Attorney General for prosecution instead of a county prosecuting attorney.
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2024-01-10
To House Political Subdivisions Committee
WVHB4426Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to provide that the county commission must each voting precinct be provided a physical location separate from any other voting precinct in the county.
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2024-01-10
To House Political Subdivisions Committee
WVHB4257Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to require that any electronic voting system acquired after January 1, 2028, shall be manufactured in the United States with all components sourced in the United States and all labor and assembly shall be performed in the ...
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2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4388Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to require independent candidates for political office to file for office as an independent in January of an election year.
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2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4389Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to provide that state executive committee create rules for state, district, and county executive committees; to remove ability of courts to review political party rules; to provide that political parties may select delegat...
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2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4472Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to establish an accessible online voters' guide on the Secretary of State's website. The guide would be created by the State Election Commission using information provided on certificates of announcement. Candidates for st...
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2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4206Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to establish a single, uniform deadline for delivery of certificates of announcement of candidacy, regardless of the means of delivery.
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2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4475Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to permit registered voters to vote an absentee ballot by mail in all circumstances.
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2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4270Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to provide for the placing of questions on the primary election ballot submitted by a political party.
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2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4564Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to prohibit presidential electors from voting for the presidential and vice presidential party that did not win the majority of votes and creating a felony offense and penalty for violation.
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2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4465Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to require that the party affiliation for county school board members be displayed beside their name on the ballot for election.
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2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4469Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to all relating to authorizing a special election for presenting the question of a special levy renewal for levies expiring prior to the primary election scheduled for May 14, 2024; and authorizing the resubmission of ques...
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2024-01-10
To House Political Subdivisions Committee
WVHB4422Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to require local and state elections to be held at times of general, primary, or state-wide elections. The bill provides an exception for run-off elections.
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2024-01-10
To House Political Subdivisions Committee
WVHB4427Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to require potential voters to provide a copy of either their West Virginia driver's license or any alternative identification information authorized by the West Virginia Secretary of State on their absentee ballot applica...
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2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4446Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to require county boards of education to provide days prior to early voting during primary, general, and special elections for registering eligible students to vote and for the transportation of registered students to appr...
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2024-01-10
To House Education Committee
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