§3-12-11. Schedule and Amount of Supreme Court of Appeals Public Campaign Financing Fund Payments
(a) The State Election Commission, acting in concert with the State Auditor's office and the State Treasurer's office, shall have a check issued within two business days after the date on which the candidate is certified, to make payments from the fund for the nonpartisan judicial election campaign period available to a certified candidate. In […]
§3-12-12. Restrictions on Contributions and Expenditures
(a) A certified candidate or his or her committee may not accept loans or contributions from any private source, including the personal funds of the candidate and the candidate's immediate family, during the nonpartisan judicial election campaign period except as permitted by this article. (b) After filing the declaration of intent and during the qualifying […]
§3-12-13. Reporting Requirements
(a) Participating candidates and certified candidates shall comply with this section in addition to any other reporting required by this chapter. (b) During the exploratory and qualifying periods, a participating candidate or his or her financial agent shall submit, on the first of each month, a report of all exploratory and qualifying contributions along with […]
§3-11-6. Proclamation of Result of Election by Secretary of State; Effective Date of Amendment Ratified
On the twenty-fifth day after the election is held, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the Secretary of State shall ascertain from said certificates the result of the election in the state, and declare the same by proclamation published as a Class I-0 legal advertisement in two newspapers printed at the seat of government. The […]
§3-12-1. Short Title
This article is known as the "West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Public Campaign Financing Program."
§3-12-2. Legislative Findings and Declarations
The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) Current campaign finance laws permit candidates to spend unlimited amounts of money raised from private sources;
§3-12-3. Definitions
As used in this article, the following terms and phrases have the following meanings: (1) "Candidate's committee" means a political committee established with the approval of or in cooperation with a candidate or a prospective candidate to explore the possibilities of seeking a particular office or to support or aid his or her nomination or […]
§3-10-9. Costs of Special Elections Paid by State
If an election as required by section two or four of this article cannot be held in conjunction with the regular election dates, then the cost of printing ballots and all other reasonable and necessary expenses in holding and making the return of the new election to fill a vacancy are obligations of the state […]
§3-11-1. Proposing Amendments to State Constitution; Withdrawal of Proposed Amendments
Any amendment to the Constitution of the State may be proposed in either house of the Legislature by a joint resolution. When an amendment as proposed is agreed to as provided by section two, article fourteen of the Constitution, the question of ratification or rejection of such amendment shall be submitted to the voters of […]
§3-11-2. Title and Summary of Amendment; Position on Ballot; Designation of Election for Submission of Amendment
In any joint resolution proposing an amendment to the West Virginia Constitution, for ratification or rejection by the voters, the Legislature shall for convenience of reference thereto, assign a title to such proposed amendment and shall set forth a summary of the purpose of such proposed amendment. If the Legislature shall fail in any such […]