2005 West Virginia Code - §3-4A-15. — Instructions and help to voters; vote recording device models; facsimile diagrams; sample ballots; legal ballot advertisements.

§3-4A-15. Instructions and help to voters; vote recording device models; facsimile diagrams; sample ballots; legal ballot advertisements.

(a) For the instruction of the voters on any election day in counties utilizing an electronic voting system where votes are to be recorded by means of perforating, there is to be provided for each polling place one instruction model for each vote recording device: Provided, That for electronic voting systems that utilize a screen upon which votes may be recorded by means of a stylus or by means of touch, there is to be provided for each polling place a sample ballot with each screen as they shall appear on the devices, together with written instructions regarding the operation of the devices. Each instruction model is to be constructed so as to provide a replica of a vote recording device, and is to contain the arrangement of the ballot labels, party columns or rows, office columns or rows, and questions. Fictitious names are to be inserted in the ballot labels of the models. The models are to be located on the election officers' tables or in some other place in which the voter must pass to reach the vote recording device. Upon request, the election officers shall offer instruction to each voter, before voting, in the operation of the vote recording device by use of the instruction model, and shall give ample opportunity to operate the model himself or herself.
(b) The ballot commissioners shall also provide facsimile ballots or ballot labels, as may be appropriate, at least two of which, or complete sets of which, are to be posted on the walls of each polling place. The facsimile diagrams are exact diagrams of the ballots or ballot labels or paper ballots or screens to the end that the voter may become familiar with the location of the parties, offices, candidates and questions as they appear on the ballot to be used in his or her precinct.
(c) The ballot commissioners may, with the consent of the county commission, or the county commission may, prepare and mail to each qualified voter at the address shown on the registration books a facsimile sample of the ballot or ballot labels or screens for his or her precinct.
(d) In counties where an electronic voting system has been adopted, the legal ballot advertisements required by articles five and six of this chapter which specify the publication of a facsimile sample ballot, are to consist of a facsimile of the ballot or ballot labels or screens with the names of the candidates and the offices for which they are running shown in their proper positions.