WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2023 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 3488

By Delegate Cannon

[Introduced February 14, 2023; Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend and reenact §3-5-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to changing the time of holding primary elections in this state to the second Tuesday in August 2024, and in each second year thereafter.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 5. PRIMARY ELECTIONS AND NOMINATING PROCEDURES.

§3-5-1. Time and place of holding primary elections in the year one thousand nine hundred eighty and thereafter; hours polls open.

Primary elections shall be held at the voting place in each of the voting precincts in the state, for the purposes set forth in this article, on the second Tuesday in May 1986 July 2024 and in each second year thereafter.

At such election the polls shall be opened and closed at the hours provided for opening and closing the polls in a general election.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to change the time of holding primary elections to the second Tuesday in July 2024, and in each second year thereafter.

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