W. Va. Code R. § 153-38-6

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 44, November 1, 2024

Section 153-38-6 - Assistance to Voter in Voting an Early Voting by Mail Ballot

6.1. A voter may not receive any assistance in voting an early voting by mail ballot unless he or she makes a declaration at the time he or she applies for an early voting by mail ballot that because of blindness, disability, advanced age or inability to read or write he or she requires assistance in voting an early voting by mail ballot.

6.2. Upon receipt of an early voting ballot by mail, the voter who requires assistance in voting such ballot and who has indicated he or she requires such assistance and the reasons therefore on the application may select any eligible person to assist him or her in voting.

6.3. The person providing assistance in voting an early voting by mail ballot shall make an affidavit on a form as provided by the Secretary of State, that he or she will not in any manner request, or seek to persuade, or induce the voter to vote any particular ticket or for any particular candidate or for or against any public question, and that he or she will not keep or make any memorand\n or entry of anything occurring while assisting the voter, and that he or she will not, directly or indirectly, reveal to any person the name of any candidate voted for by the voter, or which ticket he or she had voted, or how he or she had voted on any public question, or anything occurring while assisting the voter, except when required pursuant to law to give testimony as to such matter in a judicial proceeding.

W. Va. Code R. § 153-38-6