H. B. 2536

(By Delegates Smirl, Johnson and Underwood)
[Introduced March 13, 1997; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]

A BILL to amend article three, chapter three of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section one-a, relating to requiring poll workers who work outside their voting precinct to vote by absentee ballot.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article three, chapter three of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section one-a, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 3. VOTING BY ABSENTEES.

§3-3-1a. Poll workers who work at polls outside their voting district required to vote absentee ballots.

(a) An otherwise duly registered and qualified voter of a county who, during an election, acts as a poll worker outside his or her precinct shall vote by absentee ballot prior to the election.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require poll workers who work outside their voting precinct to vote by absentee ballot.

This s Section one-a iis new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.