West Virginia House Bill 2365 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 26 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-01-26 - To House Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to require voters to present identifying documents, issued either by the State of West Virginia or the United States Government that contain the name, address and a photograph of the person desiring to vote, which the poll clerk must inspect and confirm that the name on the document conforms to the name in the individual's voter registration record and that the image displayed is truly an image of the person presenting the document. The bill exempts voters who vote in person at a precinct polling place that is located at a state licensed care facility where the voters are residents. The bill permits the casting of a provisional ballot by a person without adequate proof of identification if the voter executes an affidavit. The bill permits the provisional ballot to be counted if certain conditions are met, and provides certain funds shall be made available. The bill requires each county clerk to be custodian of vote-recording devices, tabulating equipment and electronic poll books; clarifies their duties; and sets requirements and specifications for electronic poll books. The bill requires identification photos to be taken by certain spending units; and compels them to maintain databases. The bill permits the Division of Motor Vehicles to issue, at no charge, identification cards to persons who will be at least eighteen years of age at the next general, municipal or special election and intends to use the identification card as a form of identification for voting. The bill also contains criminal penalties.

Relating to voting procedures

Del. Patrick Lane [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-26	House	To House Judiciary
2015-01-26	House	Introduced in House
2015-01-26	House	To Judiciary then Finance
2015-01-26	House	Filed for introduction

SB340 (Similar To) 2015-01-27 - To Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
17B	2	1	Amended Code	Citation Text
3	1	34	Amended Code	Citation Text
3	4A	10	Amended Code	Citation Text
5	1A	6	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2365&year=2015&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2365%20intr.htm&yr=2015&sesstype=RS&i=2365