The regular session of the West Virginia legislature ended the evening of Saturday, March 10. None of the interesting election law bills passed. Bills that failed to pass included: (1) imposing filing fees on write-in candidates; (2) easing the requirements for a party to remain ballot-qualified; (3) changing the order of parties on the ballot so that the party with the most registered voters would be listed first (this would help the Democratic Party); (4) the National Popular Vote Plan bill.
One bill that did passes moves the filing deadline for write-in candidates from six weeks before the primary or election, to seven weeks.
Also left stuck in Judiciary committee were HB4342 which would have made the entire statewide voter registration list available for only $500, HB4387 voter ID bill, and HB4409 which would have reduced the signature requirement to waive filing fees from four to only one per dollar.
We ARE trying here. Unfortunately the crony legislature was more interested in wasting time with bills for naming bridges, supervising us in our cell phone and seatbelt use, and creating a license to practice hair-styling.