West Virginia Covid Legal Information

We drew these resources principally from Justin Levitt's list of COVID-19 election cases, Standford-MIT Healthy Elections Project COVID-Related Election Litigation Tracker, and the National Center for State Legislatures' COVID-19 and 2020 Primary Elections page.

Litigation Tracker

Executive Actions

  • Executive Order No. 18-20

    Topics

    Election Postponement

    Date Filed

    01/04/2020

    Description

    West Virginia Governor and Secretary of State postponed its primary election until June 9.

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  • Mail-In Absentee Ballot 'Application' to be Sent to Every Registered Voter in WV

    Topics

    Absentee Voting

    Date Filed

    26/03/2020

    Description

    West Virginia’s Secretary of State will send absentee ballot applications to all registered voters for their upcoming primary.

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Legislative Actions