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
SJR 8: The purpose of this resolution is to propose an amendment to the Constitution to provide that in all elections held in West Virginia only citizens of the state who are citizens of the United States are qualified to vote.
Status: Introduced on February 17 2025 – 25% progression
| Chamber | Vote | Date | Yea | Nay | NV | Abs | Total | Result | Source | View |
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| No roll call record information currently on file. | ||||||||||
HJR 13: The purpose of this resolution is to amend section 1 of Article IV of the West Virginia Constitution, to prohibit non-citizens from voting
Status: Introduced on February 13 2025 – 25% progression
| Chamber | Vote | Date | Yea | Nay | NV | Abs | Total | Result | Source | View |
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HRJ21: (previously failed) 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 |
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| 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 |