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.