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WV SB564

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/21/2025

Primary Sponsor

Eric Tarr

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Prohibits voters registered as "independent," unaffiliated, or affiliated with minor parties from voting in major political party primary elections in West Virginia
  • Removes the current provision allowing political parties to decide through their state executive committees whether unaffiliated voters can participate in their primaries
  • Requires unaffiliated voters to receive only ballots containing nonpartisan offices and public questions during primary elections
  • Amends §3-1-35 and §3-2-31 of the West Virginia Code to establish closed primaries for major political parties
  • Voters must register their affiliation with a major party before the voter registration deadline to participate in that party's primary

Legislative Description

Prohibiting voters not affiliated with major political party from voting ballot of political party in primary election

Elections

Last Action

To Judiciary

3/5/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary3/5/2025
Government Organization2/21/2025

Full Bill Text

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