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Senate adopts contentious amendment expanding complaint and investigatory powers in election-related bill
Summary
The Senate adopted a broad, strike-and-insert amendment to a bill about compliance audits of tabulating equipment that adds procedures for election complaints, notification requirements, and investigatory tools such as sworn statements and interrogatories; the amendment passed 17–16 after extended floor debate.
The West Virginia Senate on second reading adopted a contested amendment to the committee substitute for House Bill 3017 (compliance audits of tabulating equipment), inserting additional provisions governing complaints and the investigatory process in alleged election-law violations.
Senators debated a multi-page strike-and-insert amendment that, according to proponents, requires the secretary of state to notify complainants of deficiencies in their complaints, permits corrections, authorizes the state elections commission to determine sufficiency and take action, and authorizes the secretary of state to…
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