HB4473 S JUDICIARY AMT

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    The Committee on the 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 No. 4473--A Bill to amend and reenact §3-1-5 and §3-1-29 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to establishing voting precincts and changing the composition of standard receiving boards; authorizing the consolidation of certain precincts in certain circumstances; increasing the limit on the size of certain voting precincts to three thousand registered voters in urban areas and one thousand five hundred in rural areas; permitting precincts in urban or rural areas to have fewer than the minimum numbers of registered voters allowed; removing language requiring the West Virginia Office of Legislative Services to consult with county commissions regarding precinct modification; permitting an increase in the size of standard receiving boards; providing an option to have more poll workers and commissioners; and permitting fewer poll workers in precincts during a municipal election where there is no simultaneous state or county election.

Adopted

Rejected