§3-8-5. Detailed Accounts and Verified Financial Statements Required
(a) Record-keeping requirements. — (1) Except for candidates for party committeeman and committeewoman, all candidates for nomination or election to state or local offices and all persons supporting, aiding, or opposing the nomination, election, or defeat of any such candidate shall keep, for a period of two years, records of receipts and expenditures which are […]
§3-8-5a. Information Required in Financial Statement
(a) Each financial statement required by the provisions of this article, other than a disclosure of electioneering communications pursuant to section two-b of this article, shall contain only the following information: (1) The name, residence and mailing address and telephone number of each candidate, financial agent, treasurer or person and the name, address and telephone […]
§3-8-5b. Where Financial Statements and Reports Shall Be Filed; Filing Date Prescribed
(a) The financial statements provided for in this article shall be filed, by or on behalf of candidates, with: (1) The Secretary of State for legislative offices, circuit judge, and family court judge, and for statewide and other offices to be nominated or elected by the voters of a political division greater than a county;
§3-7-9. Costs in Election Contests
The cost of every contested election shall include only the expenses of serving notices, taking depositions and the allowances to witnesses; and shall be noted at the foot of every deposition or set of depositions, by the person taking the same. If the contestant fails in setting aside the election, there shall be awarded against […]
§3-8-1. Provisions to Regulate and Control Elections
(a) The Legislature finds that: (1) West Virginia’s population is 1,808,344, ranking 37th among the fifty states.
§3-8-1a. Definitions
As used in this article, the following terms have the following definitions: (1) “Ballot issue” means a constitutional amendment, special levy, bond issue, local option referendum, municipal charter or revision, an increase or decrease of corporate limits, or any other question that is placed before the voters for a binding decision.
§3-7-2. Procedure of Legislature on Contest for Office of Governor
When the election of Governor is contested, the notice of contest and the depositions shall be referred to a joint committee of the two houses, for examination and report, which committee shall consist of two senators elected by ballot by the Senate, and three delegates elected in the same manner by the House of Delegates. […]
§3-7-3. Contests Before Special Court; Procedure; Enforcement
Where the election of Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General, commissioner of agriculture, or of a judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals, or of a circuit court, is contested, the case shall be heard and decided by a special court constituted as follows: The contestee shall select one, the contestant another, and the […]
§3-7-4. Contests of Seats in Legislature; Notices and Procedure
Any person intending to contest the election of another as senator or delegate shall, within ten days after the election is certified, give him or her notice thereof in writing and a list of the votes he or she will dispute, with the objections to each, and of the votes rejected for which he or […]
§3-7-5. Depositions; Subpoenas; Time; Tie Vote Decision
Either party may begin to take the depositions in such contests for seats in the Legislature at any time after the delivery of the original notice by the contestant. But reasonable notice of every such deposition shall be given, and such notice shall specify the names of the witnesses to be examined. The depositions may […]