State Constitution
Article IV, Section 1 of the West Virginia Constitution states: “The citizens of the state shall be entitled to vote at all elections held within the counties in which they respectively reside; but no person who is a minor, or who has been declared mentally incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction, or who is under conviction of treason, felony or bribery in an election, or who has not been a resident of the state and of the county in which he offers to vote, for thirty days next preceding such offer, shall be permitted to vote while such disability continues; but no person in the military, naval or marine service of the United States shall be deemed a resident of this state by reason of being stationed therein.”
Legislative Watch
HRJ21: The purpose of this resolution is to amend section 1 of Article IV of the West Virginia Constitution, to prohibit non-citizens from voting.
| Chamber | Vote | Date | Yea | Nay | NV | Abs | Total | Result | Source | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| House | Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 778) | 2024-03-09 | 88 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 100 | Passed | Link | View |
| Senate | Adopted by Senate (Roll No. 510) | 2024-03-09 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | Passed | Link | View |
| House | Adopted by House (Roll No. 100) | 2024-02-06 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 100 | Passed | Link | View |