2005 West Virginia Code - §3-1-20. — Cards of instructions to voters; sample ballots; posting.

§3-1-20. Cards of instructions to voters; sample ballots; posting.
(a) The board of ballot commissioners of each county shall provide cards of general information which will provide the date of the election and the hours during which polling places will be open, instruction for mail-in registrants and first-time voters and voters' rights and prohibitions against fraud and misrepresentation and cards of instruction for voters in preparing their ballots and casting a provisional ballot as prescribed by the Secretary of State. They shall furnish a sufficient number of cards to the commissioners of election at the same time they deliver the ballots for the precinct.
(b) The commissioners of election shall post one instruction card in each voting booth giving instructions to the voters on how to prepare the ballots for deposit in the ballot boxes and how to obtain a new ballot in place of one accidentally spoiled.
(c) The commissioners of election shall post one or more other cards of general information at places inside and outside of the voting place where voters pass or wait to vote. The commissioners shall also post the official write-in candidates in the same locations inside and outside of the voting place.
(d) The ballot commissioners shall have printed, on a different color paper than the official ballot, ten or more copies of sample ballots for each voting place for each election. Sample ballots shall be furnished and posted with the cards of general information at each voting place.
(e) During the period of early in-person voting, the clerk of the county commission shall post the cards of general information, a list of official write-in candidates and sample ballots within the area where absentee voting is conducted.