WVSOS - Elections - Absentee Voting Methods

Early Voting In Person at the Absentee Clerk's Office

WHERE?
The Clerk of the County Commission (County Clerk) holds the responsibility for absentee voting. The location will be in the County Courthouse, annex, or on the property of the courthouse.
WHEN? See the Absentee Calendar for specific dates and Early Voting Hours by County.
The regular period of early voting in person begins twenty days before the election and continues until three days before the election. Voting is available during regular business hours, plus, it may be available two Saturdays before the election. Check with the appropriate office for more information.
HOW?
Go to the County Clerk's Office and ask to vote early in-person. You will then vote as you would on election day, in a voting booth just as at the precinct. If a paper ballot is used, your voted ballot will be sealed in an envelope and placed in the ballot box.

On election day, your ballot will go to the precinct where it will be counted or placed with other ballots for computer tabulation.

Voting Absentee By Mail

WHERE?
The Clerk of the County Commission (County Clerk) holds the responsibility for absentee voting.
WHEN? See the Absentee Calendar for specific dates.
The most important date to remember is the deadline! Your application to vote by mail must be received no later than the 6th day before the election. You may apply as early as eight weeks before the election (or January 2 for military or overseas voters), but the ballots are not ready for mailing to you until six weeks before the election. Unless you are voting absentee by mail because of illness or disability, the ballot must be mailed to an out-of-county address.
HOW?
Request an application by telephone, fax or e-mail, or download the application here using the Acrobat Reader. Type the information in all the boxes, then print the completed form for filing. To download Acrobat Reader or see tips for using it, go to Acrobat Reader Help.

Click here to download the application

Voting An Emergency Absentee Ballot

WHERE?
A ballot can be brought to you at the hospital or nursing facility if you have been admitted because of an emergency during the last week before the election. The service is available at all hospitals within your home county. Your county may adopt a policy to extend this service to other hospitals in adjacent counties or within 30 miles from the county seat. Check with the County Clerk to determine what hospitals are served.
WHEN? See the Absentee Calendar for specific dates.
The voter's emergency admission must have occurred no earlier than the 7th day before the election. The ballot must be requested no later than noon of election day.
HOW?
A family member may request the emergency absentee voting service by telephone. The County Clerk will schedule a team of emergency absentee voting commissioners to go to the voter at the hospital. The team takes the application and the ballot and returns the voted ballot to the County Clerk.