HB2600 S JUD AMT #1 2‑27

Canterbury  7892

The Committee on Judiciary moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill 2600—A Bill to amend and reenact §3‑4A‑11a and §3‑4A‑15 of the Code West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact §3‑5‑10, §3-5-13, and §3‑5‑13a of said code; and to amend and reenact §3-6-3 of said code, all relating generally to the form of ballots; providing that sample ballots required to be printed as legal advertisements ahead of elections in counties where electronic voting has been adopted may consist of a facsimile of the absentee ballot; providing that when sample ballots for the precincts within a county contain different districts for certain offices or municipal wards, the facsimile shall be altered to include each of the various districts in the appropriate order; providing that if sample ballots must be divided onto more than one page, the arrangement and order shall be made to conform as nearly as possible to the arrangement of the ballot; providing that the publisher of the newspaper containing the sample ballot shall submit a proof and arrangement of the ballot to the ballot commissioners for approval prior to publication; providing that on primary election ballots, the nonpartisan ballot for judicial elections shall appear immediately after the state ticket and immediately before the county ticket; providing that on primary election ballots, the non-judicial nonpartisan ballot shall appear immediately after the county ticket and immediately before the district ticket; and providing that on primary election ballots, the national convention ticket shall appear immediately after the district ticket, with the election for at-large delegate to the national convention appearing immediately after the election for congressional district delegate to the national convention.

Adopted

Rejected