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Senate approves package of election bills clarifying voter eligibility, defining electioneering and banning ranked‑choice voting
Summary
On March 3, 2025, the West Virginia Senate passed three election-related bills: one tightening municipal voter eligibility rules, one clarifying electioneering and limited cell‑phone use at polling places, and one banning ranked‑choice voting statewide.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Senate on March 3 passed three election-related measures that lawmakers said will clarify voting rules in municipal contests, tighten definitions around electioneering and prohibit ranked‑choice voting across the state.
The Senate approved an engrossed committee substitute for Senate Bill 486, described by a floor sponsor as clarifying voter eligibility. The measure requires that a person be both a U.S. citizen and a state citizen to vote in municipal elections, limits disqualification of elderly voters to cases with a formal court judgment of incompetency rather than an administrator's decision, and clarifies that felony-related voting disqualification applies at the adjudication stage (for example when a court accepts a guilty plea or a jury returns a…
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