West Virginia House Bill 4479 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)
Status: Introduced on February 12 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-02-12 - 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 contains 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 provided he or she executes an affidavit. The bill permits the provisional ballot be counted providing certain conditions are met. 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. Lynwood Ireland [R]	Del. George Ambler [R]	Sen. Karen Arvon [R]	Del. Allen Evans [R]
Del. Larry Faircloth [R]	Del. Gary Howell [R]	Del. Larry Kump [R]	Del. William Romine [R]
Sen. Randy Smith [R]	Del. Steve Westfall [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-12	House	To House Judiciary
2014-02-12	House	Introduced in House
2014-02-12	House	To Judiciary then Finance
2014-02-12	House	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
17B	2	1	Amended Code	Citation Text
3	1	34	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4479&year=2014&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4479%20intr.htm&yr=2014&sesstype=RS&i=4479