West Virginia § 3-1-43 Disposition of miscellaneous election papers

West Virginia Statutes

§ 3-1-43 — Disposition of miscellaneous election papers

West Virginia § 3-1-43

Ch. 3ELECTIONS

Art. 1GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS

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W. Va. Code § 3-1-43 (2026).

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At the expiration of twenty-two months after any election, the affidavits taken and returned by any registrar or any election officer, applications for absent voters' ballots, rejected absent voters' ballots, certificates of nominations of candidates, and the written designations of election officers and of ballot commissioners shall be destroyed. If the further preservation of any of the documents mentioned in this section shall be required by the order of the court, the same shall be destroyed at the expiration of the time fixed for the further preservation thereof by such order.

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At the expiration of twenty-two months after any election, the affidavits taken and returned by any registrar or any election officer, applications for absent voters' ballots, rejected absent voters' ballots, certificates of nominations of candidates, and the written designations of election officers and of ballot commissioners shall be destroyed. If the further preservation of any of the documents mentioned in this section shall be required by the order of the court, the same shall be destroyed at the expiration of the time fixed for the further preservation thereof by such order.