HB2675 S JUD AMT

Greenlief 7835

The Committee on the Judiciary moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. House Bill 2675–A Bill to amend §3-1-17 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact §3-4A-11a of said code; to amend and reenact §3-5-3, §3-5-13 and §3-5-13a of said code; to amend and reenact §3-10-1 and §3-10-8 of said code; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §3-10-8a, all relating generally to primary elections and nominating procedures; removing county surveyor of lands from primary election ballot and primary election procedures; providing for nonpartisan election of surveyor of lands effective with general election of 2020; removing requirement for certain nonpartisan races to be separated from partisan ballot; requiring ballots containing names of persons aspiring to be candidates of their respective parties for president of the United States contain additional line permitting voter to express choice of “None of these candidates”; clarifying that only votes for named candidates to be counted in determining presidential nominations; requiring votes for “None of these candidates” to be listed with other results of presidential preference vote; requiring sample ballots or other voter instructions to clearly explain that voter may mark “None of these candidates” only if voter has not voted for any candidate for office; providing ballot order of races on state and national ticket; removing language permitting ballots for judicial races be on separate paper ballot; providing language for ballot title of portion of ballot for nonpartisan election of county surveyor; providing manner of filling vacancies in office of county surveyor of lands; removing outdated language; and making technical corrections.