“This is an issue that has growing momentum behind it. There is a lot of discussion behind midterm elections and making sure they’re safe and secure.”

— Katherine T. Bennet, ALEC Process and Procedures Task Force Director

(from the March 5, 2026 ALEC.org article “W.Va. Senate Again Passes Citizen-Only Voting Amendment: Katherine T. Bennett in Legal Newsline”)

Citizen-only voting also is an issued strongly supported by the American Legislative Exchange Council, which is the nation’s largest nonpartisan, voluntary membership organization of state legislators dedicated to the principles of limited government, free markets and federalism.

“We have a good history of getting our policies in the hands of West Virginia legislators, who have worked hard and gotten them passed,” ALEC Process & Procedures Task Force Director Katherine T. Bennett told The West Virginia Record. “Senator Patricia Rucker, in particular, who was ALEC national chair in 2025.”

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