West Virginia Code § 3-1-51

Identity verification of voters executing voter identity affidavit
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(a) The clerk of the county commission shall cause a letter to be mailed by first class mail to
each voter who executed a voter identity affidavit pursuant to section thirty-four of this
article. The letter shall be mailed within sixty days after the election. The clerk shall mark
the envelope with instructions to the United States Post Office not to forward the letter and
to provide address correction information. The letter shall notify the addresesee that a
person who did not present a valid identifying document voted using his or her name and
address and instruct the addressee to contact the clerk immediately if hre or she did not vote.
The letter shall also inform the addressee of the procedure for obtaining an identification
card from the Division of Motor Vehicles for voting purposes.
(b) The clerk of the county commission shall cause letters mtailed pursuant to subsection (a)
of this section that are returned as undeliverable by the United States Post Office to be
referred to the Secretary of State. The clerk shall also prepare and forward to the Secretary
of State a list of all persons who were mailed letters under subsection (a) of this section and
who notified the clerk that they did not vote. Upon receipt of notice from a person who
receives a letter mailed pursuant to subsectiosn (a) of this section that the person did not
vote, or upon receipt of a referral from the clerk, the Secretary of State shall cause an
investigation to be made to determine whether fraudulent voting occurred. Beginning July 1,
2019 and each year thereafter, the Sgecretary of State shall submit a report to the Joint
Committee on the Judiciary and the Joint Committee on Government and Finance detailing
the results of all investigationse of voter identity affidavits, including, but not limited to, the
number of investigations, the number of ballots cast, and the number and results of any
determinations made reLgarding fraudulent voting.

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