WV SB586

Requires any person appointed to fill a vacant partisan elected office to have been a registered member of that political party for at least one year prior to the vacancy occurring

Specifies that appointments must be from the same political party the vacating officeholder was affiliated with at the time of the previous election for that office, rather than their current party affiliation

Authorizes the Governor to appoint a temporary acting official to perform duties of vacant constitutional offices (Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General, Commissioner of Agriculture) until permanent appointments are made

Establishes that state Senate and House of Delegates vacancies are filled through party senatorial or delegate district executive committees, or county executive committees for single-county districts, which submit three-name lists to the Governor within 15 days

Provides that magistrate vacancies with unexpired terms exceeding two years are filled by nonpartisan judicial election held concurrently with the next primary or general election, with circuit judges authorized to make appointments for upcoming resignations or retirements