W. Va. Code R. § 153-20-2

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 36, September 6, 2024

Section 153-20-2 - Definitions

2.1. "Board of canvassers" or "board" means:

2.1.a. The county commission of each county for any statewide primary, general or special election held throughout the county, and for any other election conducted in conjunction with a statewide election using the same precincts and election officials;

2.1.b. The county commission of the affected county for any special election ordered by the Commission and held throughout all or part of that county, for any other election conducted in conjunction with that county election using the same precincts and election officials and for any special levy or bond election ordered by the county board of education or other governing board or a special election ordered by the county board of education or other governing board and not held in conjunction with any other election conducted by the county commission; or

2.1.c. The municipal governing body for any primary, general or special election conducted by the municipal governing body entirely within the city and not held in conjunction with any county or state election.

2.2. "Recount" means the proceeding required by W. Va. Code § 3-6-9 in which the tally of votes recorded for a specific elected office or on a specific issue in an election is reviewed by counting a second time the ballots containing votes for that office or issue, correcting and officially recording the results.

2.3. "Election" means any primary, general or special election held under the provisions of the West Virginia Code throughout the state or any of its political subdivisions.

2.4. "Electronically tabulated ballots" means ballots authorized under the provisions of W. Va. Code § 3-4A-1 et seq., including those ballots referred to as optical scan ballots, which are counted by means of electronic scanners or readers.

2.5. "Paper ballots" means ballots authorized under the provisions of W. Va. Code § 3-1-1 et seq. which are counted by hand.

2.6. "Hand-count" means a manual review and tabulation of ballots, electronically tabulated ballots, or voter-verified paper ballots, by deputized counting and recording teams.

2.7. "Voter-verified paper ballot" means a physical printout on which the voter's ballot choices, as registered by a direct recording device, are recorded, and has the same definition as "voter verified paper audit trail" in W.Va. State Code § 3-4A-2(8).

2.8. "Immediate family" means parent, child, sibling, or spouse.

W. Va. Code R. § 153-20-2