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WV HB2823

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/24/2025

Primary Sponsor

Kayla Young

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Origin

House of Delegates

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands absentee voting by mail eligibility to any registered voter who has reached age 65, removing the previous requirement that elderly voters demonstrate "physical disability or immobility due to extreme advanced age"

  • Amends West Virginia Code §3-3-1 governing absentee ballot eligibility requirements

  • Maintains all other existing categories of absentee voting eligibility, including for disability, illness, travel, military service, incarceration (for non-felony offenses), and participation in the Address Confidentiality Program

  • Introduced by Delegate Young on February 24, 2025, and referred to the House Judiciary Committee

Legislative Description

Permitting anyone over 65 to vote absentee

Elections

Last Action

To House Judiciary

2/24/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/24/2025

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