2005 West Virginia Code - §3-2-24. — Systematic purging program for removal of ineligible voters from active voter registration files using manual voter registration system.

§3-2-24. Systematic purging program for removal of ineligible voters from active voter registration files using manual voter registration system.
(a) In any county maintaining active voter registration files only in paper records in precinct registration books and alphabetical files, as provided in section nineteen of this article, the systematic purging program provided in this section shall begin with the mailing of the first notice no earlier than the first day of October and no later than the first day of November of each odd-numbered year, and shall be completed no later than the first day of February of the following year.
(b) The clerk of the county commission shall first send to every voter whose registration is designated as active and who has not updated his or her voter registration record since the first day of January of the same year a notice by first class mail, nonforwardable, address correction requested, the form of which shall be prescribed or approved by the secretary of state. The notice shall be addressed to the voter's residence address as it appears on the voter registration card. The clerk shall group the mailings by precinct, alphabetical grouping or zip code, and shall record the date on which each grouping was mailed. Upon the receipt of any such notices returned as undeliverable, the clerk shall arrange them in alphabetical order within the selected grouping.
(c) Not less than fourteen nor more than twenty-eight days following the mailing of the first notice to each group, the clerk shall prepare a list containing the name and address of each voter within the group for whom the first notice was returned as undeliverable. The list shall be titled "Systematic Purging Program Notices" and shall include the name of the county, name of the mailing group and the date of the preparation of the list.
(d) The clerk shall then mail to each voter whose name appears on the lists prepared pursuant to subsection (c) of this section a confirmation notice in accordance with the provisions of section twenty-six of this article and of Section 8(d)(2) of the "National Voter Registration Act of 1993" (42 U.S.C. 1973gg). All notices mailed to the voters of a particular mailing group shall be mailed on the same day and the date of the mailing of the notice shall be entered on the list. All such notices shall be mailed no later than the thirty-first day of December.
(e) Upon receipt of any response or returned mailing sent pursuant to the provisions of subsection (d) of this section, the clerk shall immediately enter the date and type of response received on the list of voters prepared pursuant to the provisions of this section and shall then proceed in accordance with the provisions of section twenty-six of this article. For purposes of complying with the record keeping and public inspection requirements of the "National Voter Registration Act of 1993" (42 U.S.C. 1973gg), and with the provisions of section twenty-seven of this article, the lists shall be kept in a binder, prepared for such purpose, in the order in which the mailing groups were first given notice, and the binder shall be available for public inspection. Information concerning whether or not each person has responded to the notice shall be available for public inspection as of the date the information is received.
(f) Any voter to whom a confirmation notice was mailed pursuant to the provisions of subsection (d) of this section who fails to respond to the notice or to update his or her voter registration by the first day of February immediately following the completion of the program shall be designated inactive by a clear mark or tag or placed within the inactive voter registration file as defined in section nineteen of this article.