Bill Text: WV SB284 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Changing date of canvassing of votes in primary election
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-26 - To Government Organization [SB284 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2011-SB284-Introduced.html
A BILL to amend and reenact §3-5-17 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to changing the date of the canvassing of votes in a primary election from the Friday following a primary election to the Monday following a primary election.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §3-5-17 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. PRIMARY ELECTIONS AND NOMINATING PROCEDURES.
§3-5-17. Canvassing and certifying returns; recount procedures.
The
The board of canvassers of the county of ................ of West Virginia, having carefully and impartially examined the returns of the primary election held in said county on the ....... day of ..........., 19...., do hereby certify that in said county or district, at said election, on the official ballot of the .................. party for the office of ..............., A. B. received ............ (......) votes; C. D. received .............. (......) votes.
And so on for each office for each political party according to the truth. When the certificates are all entered, the report shall be signed by the members of the board or
as provided by the following section.
The provisions of article six of this chapter, relating to the recount of votes in general elections, shall, to the extent applicable, be operative in primary and other elections conducted under provisions of this article.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to change the date of canvassing of votes in a primary election from the Friday following the election to the Monday following.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.