SB535 HFIN AMT 4-9                                           McO

    Com. Sub. For S. B. 535 –- “A Bill to repeal §3-2-24 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact §3-1-3 of said code; and to amend and reenact §3-2-2, §3-2-4a, §3-2-18, §3-2-19, §3-2-21, §3-2-23, §3-2-25 and §3-2-29 of said code, all relating to the maintenance of voter registration lists and related records generally; repealing provisions governing superseded voter list purging procedures; updating specific constitutional provisions relating to voting; modifying when a person under the age of eighteen may vote in a primary election; updating the processes and responsibilities for statewide voter registration and establishing county and state roles in the voter registration process; modifying the processes of maintaining voter registration records; specifying county roles in maintaining voter registration files for municipal elections; modifying processes for the maintenance of records in the statewide voter registration database; permitting registration records to be shared across state lines pursuant to certain programs; modifying processes for cancellation of deceased or ineligible voters' registrations; providing county and state roles in the systematic purging program for removal of ineligible voters from active voter registration records; and providing for the custody of paper and electronic voter registration records.”