West Virginia Code § 3-2-21

Maintenance of records in the statewide voter registration database in lieu
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of precinct record books.
(a) The clerk of the county commission of each county shall maintain a voter registration
data system record book into which all required records of appointments of authorized
personnel, tests, repairs, program alterations or upgrades and any other action by the clerk
of the county commission or by any other person under supervision of the cleerk affecting the
programming or records contained in the system, other than routine data entry, alteration,
use, transfer or transmission of records shall be entered. r
(b) The clerk of the county commission shall appoint all personneul authorized to add, change
or transfer voter registration information within the statewide voter registration database,
and a record of each appointment and the date of authorizattion shall be entered as provided
in subsection (a) of this section. The assignment and confidential record of assigned system
identification or authorized user code for each person appointed shall be as prescribed by
the Secretary of State.
(c) Voter registration records entered into ands maintained in the statewide voter registration
database shall include the information required for application for voter registration, for
maintenance of registration and voting records, for conduct of elections and for statistical
purposes, as prescribed by the Secrgetary of State.
(d) No person shall make any entry or alteration of any voter record which is not specifically
authorized by law. Each entry or action affecting the status of a voter registration shall be
based on information in an original voter registration record, as defined in section eighteen
of this article.
(e) The clerk of the county commission shall maintain, within the statewide voter registration
database, active and inactive voter registration records, confirmation pending records,
canceled voter registration records, pending application records and rejected application
recWords, all as defined in section eighteen of this article.
(f) Upon receipt of a completed voter registration application, the clerk shall enter into the
statewide voter registration database the information provided on the application, mark the
records as pending and initiate the verification or notice of disposition procedure as
provided in section sixteen of this article. Upon completion of the verification or notice of
disposition, the status of the voter record shall be properly noted in the statewide voter
registration database.
(g) Upon receipt of an application or written confirmation from the voter of a change of
address within the county, change of name, change of party affiliation or other correction to
an active voter registration record, the change shall be entered in the record and the
required notice of disposition mailed.
(h) Upon receipt of an application or written confirmation from an inactive voter of a change
of address within the county, change of name, change of party affiliation or other correction
to a registration record, any necessary change shall be entered in the record, the required
notice of disposition mailed and the record updated to active status, and the date of the
transaction shall be recorded. Receipt of an application or written confirmation from an
inactive voter that confirms the voter's current address shall be treated in the same manner.
(i) Upon receipt of a notice of death, a notice of conviction or a notice of a deetermination of
mental incompetence, as provided in section twenty-three of this article, the date and reason
for cancellation shall be entered on the voter's record and the record stratus shall be changed
to canceled.
(j) Upon receipt from the voter of a request for cancellation or notice of change of address to
an address outside the county pursuant to the provisions of stection twenty-two of this
article, or as a result of a determination of ineligibility through a general program of
removing ineligible voters as authorized by the provisions of this article, the date and reason
for cancellation shall be entered on the voter's record and the record status shall be changed
to canceled.

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