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WV HB4547
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/19/2026
Primary Sponsor
Evan Hansen
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AI Summary
- Eliminates the requirement for voters requesting assistance to cast a provisional ballot, allowing them to vote a regular ballot instead
- Removes provisions allowing poll workers to challenge a voter's eligibility for assistance based on their subjective assessment of the voter's disability or literacy level
- Strikes language permitting challenges to absentee ballots on grounds that a voter who received assistance was not sufficiently illiterate or physically disabled to qualify
- Retains existing protections requiring those providing voting assistance to sign an oath not to influence the voter's choices or override their preferences
- Applies to voters who need assistance due to blindness, disability, advanced age, or inability to read and write
Legislative Description
To remove barriers to voting for persons with disabilities
Elections
Last Action
To House Judiciary
1/19/2026
Committee Referrals
Judiciary1/19/2026
Full Bill Text
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