H. B. 4081
(By Delegate Kump)
[Introduced January 16, 2012; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §3-1-4a, relating to providing petitioners to referendums, elections or any other ballot issue be afforded the same privacy rights as voters.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §3-1-4a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS.
§3-1-4a. Manner of petitioning.
In all petitions for referendums, elections or other ballot issues requiring a person’s name, address and signature, the signatories to those petitions shall have the same privacy rights afforded voters pursuant to section four of this article.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide petitioners to referendums, elections or any other ballot issue be afforded the same privacy rights as voters.
This section is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.