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WV HB4457

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/16/2026

Primary Sponsor

Scot Heckert

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Origin

House of Delegates

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Allows voters registered as "independent" or unaffiliated with any major political party to vote in primary elections using a major party's ballot
  • Major political parties, through their state executive committees, retain authority to determine whether to permit unaffiliated voters to participate in their primaries
  • Unaffiliated voters who vote a party ballot would also receive separate ballots for nonpartisan offices and public questions
  • Amends West Virginia Code §3-1-35 and §3-2-31 to implement these changes to primary election voting rules
  • Introduced January 16, 2026, and referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary

Legislative Description

Permitting voters not affiliated with a major political party to vote the ballot of that political party in a primary election.

Elections

Last Action

To House Judiciary

1/16/2026

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/16/2026

Full Bill Text

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