West Virginia Code 3-9-21 – Improper interference with voters’ travel to and from the polls; penalties
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Any person, during hours a polling place is open for any election, who intentionally physically interferes with a voter‘s travel on the walkways, driveways, and parking areas adjacent to a building in which a polling place is located with the intention to delay, hinder, interrupt, harass, or intimidate a voter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not more than $1,000 or confined in jail for not more than one year or both fined and confined.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 3-9-21
- 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
- Voter: shall mean any person who possesses the statutory and Constitutional qualifications for voting. See West Virginia Code 3-1-2