West Virginia Code § 3-1-23

County commission to arrange polling places and equipment;
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requirements.
The county commission in each county, before each election, shall secure, for each voting
precinct in the county, a suitable room or building in which to hold the election, and shall
cause the same to be suitably provided with heat, drinking water and light and a sufficient
number of booths or compartments, each containing a table, counter or sheelf, and furnished
with proper supplies for preparing ballots, at or in which voters may conveniently prepare
their ballots, so that in the preparation thereof they may be secure fromr the observation of
others. The number of such booths or compartments shall not be less than two. Such room
or building shall be located in such precinct: Provided, That upon a determination of the
county commission that a suitable room or building in which to hold the election is not
reasonably available in such precinct then the county commtission may secure a suitable
room or building in which to hold the election for such precinct in an adjacent precinct in
said county, in a location as near as may be to the territory of the precinct for which such
room or building is provided. At any polling place for which parking spaces are available
nearby, at least one parking space shall be reserved for handicapped voters and clearly
designated as such.

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