State of West Virginia
Voter Registration Information

Must register to vote 30 days before the election.
Can change or select party affiliation 30 days before the election.

Can register to vote in person or obtain a mail-in application from:
County election office (see county election offices list)
Division of motor vehicle offices
Aid to families with dependent children (AFDC) offices
Medicaid offices
Food stamps offices
Women, infants and children (WIC) benefits offices
Agencies that provide services to people with disabilities
Marriage license offices
Military recruiting offices

Obtain an online voter registration application at:
http://www.fec.gov/votregis/vr.htm

WEST VIRGINIA ABSENTEE BALLOTS

Who Can Absentee Vote in West Virginia?

Voters who will be unable to vote in person on election day because they are out of the county or because of illness, permanent physical disability or hospitalization may opt to vote absentee.

How Can I Acquire an Absentee Ballot?

In-person absentee voting takes place in the Circuit Clerk's office 15 days before the election through the 3rd day before the election.

If voters will be out of the county during absentee voting in the Circuit Clerk's office as well as election day, they may apply for an absentee ballot by mail or telephone from the Circuit Clerk's office in the county where they are registered to vote. Applications will be accepted as early as 84 days before the election (though the ballots will only be sent out as early as 42 days before the election). The last day for the circuit clerk to receive an application for an absentee ballot is 6 days before the election. After the application is received, the Circuit Clerk will mail the applicant the ballot.

How do I Return the Absentee Ballot and What is the Deadline?

In order to be counted in the election the returned ballot must be received by the circuit clerk by election day, or postmarked no later than election day and received by the beginning of the canvass for the election

Other Information on Absentee Voting in West Virginia

Voters confined with a permanent disability may apply to have their names on a list so an application to vote absentee will automatically be mailed to them before every election. A doctor's statement of the disability is required on this application. In the case of emergency hospitalization, when it is too late to request a ballot by mail, an application and ballot can be brought to a voter at the hospital. Such service should be requested from the circuit clerk.

Sources:
League of Women Voters of West Virginia
c/o Ellender Stanchina
2023 Huber Road
Charleston, WV 25314
http://web.mountain.net/~mhalley/lwvwv.htm

West Virginia Elections Division
1900 Kanawha Blvd, Bldg 1, Suite 157K
Charleston, WV 25305
P: (304)558-6000
F: (304)558-0900
http://www.state.wv.us/sos/election/
 

West Virginia Voter Registration Information:
West Virginia Local Election Offices:

BARBOUR
BERKELEY
BOONE
BRAXTON
BROOKE
CABELL
CALHOUN
CLAY
DODDRIDGE
FAYETTE
GILMER
GRANT
GREENBRIER
HAMPSHIRE
HANCOCK
HARDY
HARRISON
JACKSON
JEFFERSON
KANAWHA
LEWIS
LINCOLN
LOGAN
MARION
MARSHALL
MASON
MCDOWELL
MERCER
MINERAL
MINGO
MONONGALIA
MONROE
MORGAN
NICHOLAS
OHIO
PENDLETON
PLEASANTS
POCAHONTAS
PRESTON
PUTNAM
RALEIGH
RANDOLPH
RITCHIE
ROANE
SUMMERS
TAYLOR
TUCKER
TYLER
UPSHUR
WAYNE
WEBSTER
WETZEL
WIRT
WOOD
WYOMING


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