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House Judiciary Chairman Moore Capito leads a meeting of the committee. (Perry Bennett/West Virginia Legislative Photography)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. The bill proposing several changes in state election laws will not be approved by the legislature this session.
Moore Capito
House of Delegates Judiciary Committee Chair Moore Capito said Wednesday on MetroNews “Talkline” there wasn’t enough time left to deal with Senate Bill 565.
“We have a lot of bills in judiciary and unfortunately didn’t have time to address the issues in that bill this year,” Capito said.
The state Senate passed the bill two weeks ago. It called for changes in the early voting period, reworked the time period when names could be removed from voting rolls and altered the DMV voter registration program.
West Virginia elections bill debate focuses on early voting dates, purging period and DMV opt-in By
House Judiciary Chairman Moore Capito leads a meeting of the committee. (Perry Bennett/West Virginia Legislative Photography)
A bill that would make several changes to West Virginia elections drew concern at a public hearing, particularly an earlier conclusion to the early-voting schedule.
Speakers were also critical of changes that would affect purges of voter rolls, with checks on some voters’ status starting sooner. And they expressed concern about changes to how West Virginia’s motor voter law would work.
Senate Bill 565 is under consideration by the House Judiciary Committee, which hosted a public hearing Monday morning.