West Virginia Code 3-4A-24a – Voting by challenged voter where touch-screen electronic voting systems are used
If the right of any person to vote is challenged in accordance with the provisions of article one of this chapter, relating to the challenging of voters, and a vote recording device or ballot is used that tabulates the vote as an individual vote, the person is to be permitted to cast his or her vote by use of the vote recording device or ballot, as may be appropriate. An election commissioner shall enter into the voting device a voter-specific electronic code for any person voting a provisional ballot. The devices are to retain provisional ballots in electronic memory and are not to be tabulated in accordance with the provisions of this code, but are to be reviewed in accordance with the provisions of this code.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 3-4A-24a
- Ballot: means a logical or physical device that presents races, candidates and contests, and facilitates the capture of the voter'. See West Virginia Code 3-4A-2
- Election: shall mean the procedure whereby the voters of this state or any subdivision thereof elect persons to fill public offices, or elect members of a Constitutional convention, or vote on public questions. See West Virginia Code 3-1-2
After the county commission, as prescribed in article one of this chapter, has determined that the challenges are unfounded, the commissioners shall ensure that the ballots are included in the tabulation.