WEST virginia legislature

2020 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 4096

By Delegates Kump, Householder, D. Kelly, Summers, Sypolt, Mandt, J. Jeffries, Bibby, Steele, Hardy and Fast

[Introduced January 10, 2020; Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia,1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §3-1-2b, relating to requiring all candidates for office to have their principal place of residence within the election districts for which they are seeking office.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS.

§3-1-2b. Candidates must reside in the district they seek to represent.

A candidate for election for any state or local office is required to have his or her principal residence within the election district for the office for which they are seeking to be elected.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require candidates to live in the state or local election district for the office for which they are seeking to be elected.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.