W. Va. Code R. § 153-13-5

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section 153-13-5 - Procedures for Conducting Early Voting at Community Voting Locations

5.1. All election material and equipment used at any community voting location shall be prepared in the same manner as the equipment used during early voting at the primary location including, but not limited to:

5.1.1. Provisions for the security of ballots and other election material; and

5.1.2. Logistics and accuracy testing of voting equipment.

5.2. Counties using paper ballots or optical scan ballots must have copies of each ballot style at the early voting community voting location in numbers sufficient for the efficient conduct of early voting.

5.3. Each early voting community voting location must be open and operational in the same manner as the primary location for early voting.

5.4. Early voting at a community voting location must be available for a minimum of five (5) consecutive days during early in-person voting, but need not be available for the entire period of early in-person voting, beginning on thirteenth (13th) day before the election and continuing through the third (3rd) day before the election. A community voting location is not required to be open on Saturdays, so long as it is open for at least five (5) consecutive days.

5.5. If more than one community voting location is authorized under W. Va. Code § 3-3-2a(b), each precinct may be open on a rotating basis for a period of five (5) consecutive days or more. Each community voting location must be open for an equal number of voting days and the same number of hours per day, except for community voting locations open on Saturdays which hours shall be 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For purposes of calculating the total number of days, Sundays are not counted.

W. Va. Code R. § 153-13-5